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This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com 720 http://www.talkshoe.com/custom/images/icons/TC-47618-MainIcon.jpg http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/47618 100 100 Pastor Jacqui King "Sermons and Reflections of the Word" Experience exciting, relevant and thought-provoking sermons preached from perspective of the Christian Calendar. Listen for a word of hope and encouragement that will inspire you to seek God and take action on your spiritual journey. Praising - Thinking - Praying - Living Applying are actions that add up to Reflecting. What does the word of God mean to me? How do I pray and live into my faith? Many of these questions are asked over and over in the hearts of people on a daily basis. Reflections of the Word are thought provoking readings of praise, prayers, scripture and expressions about who God is and actions that we can take to live into our faith right now. Take a moment to reflect. This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com Pastor Jacqui King pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-574557.mp3 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:45:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-574557.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-574557.mp3 Jonathan Langston Chism, Guest Cultural Resource Commentator African American Religion Doctoral Student, Rice University Department of Religious Studies, Houston, TX I. Historical Background and Documents Numerous African American Christians observe Watch Night in a variety of ways; however, many may not be cognizant of the traditionâ??s historical roots. The precise origin of Watch Night has been disputed. Did the tradition originate in 1733 with the Methodist Movement or in the 1862 Freedomâ??s Eve celebrations? Though some African American Methodists can proudly pinpoint the 1733 origin of the tradition, Freedomâ??s Eve likely has the strongest link to the widespread celebration of Watch Night in several African American Christian churches. In their denominationâ??s manuals, African American Methodists can trace the original roots of Watch Night to the Methodist tradition. The first Watch Night service began with the Moravians, â??a small Christian denomination whose roots lie in what is the present day Czech Republicâ?? in 1733 on the estates of Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf in Hernhut, Germany.1 John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Movement, picked up the tradition from the Moravians and incorporated it into Methodism as a time for Methodists to renew their covenant with God and to contemplate their state of grace in light of the second coming of Christ. Wesley believed that all Christians should reaffirm their covenant with God annually.2 He held Watch Night services between 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on the Friday nearest the full moon and on New Yearâ??s Eve.3 The first Methodist Watch night service in the United States probably took place in 1770 at Old St. Georgeâ??s Church in Philadelphia, a church of which Richard Allen, the founder of the African American Episcopal church, was a member.4 African American Methodists celebrated Watch Night prior to Freedomâ??s Eve because Allen and other African Americans celebrated Watch Night Meeting services at St. Georgeâ??s Church and also at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.5 While acknowledging the Methodist starting point, many African American Christians link their celebration of the tradition to December 31, 1862, â??Freedomâ??s Eve.â?? After the Union Army was victorious at the Battle of Antietam on September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation that declared that all slaves in â??any state or designated part of a state . . . In rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.â??6 Many blacks in the North and South as well as both free and enslaved blacks anxiously waited for Abraham Lincolnâ??s Emancipation Proclamation to become effective on January 1, 1863. The Sunday before that â??Day of Days,â?? Frederick Douglass expressed to his audience at Rochesterâ??s Spring Street AME Zion Church his elation at â??the glorious morning of liberty about to dawn upon us.â??7 On December 31, 1862, Watch Night services occurred throughout the United States. Wide alert with anticipation, many blacks dared not and perhaps could not sleep throughout the late night hours because they wanted to watch â??the night turn into a new dawn.â??8 As they watched, many slaves reflected on their hardships and toils, mourned the memory of their ancestors and loved ones who died in slavery, and exuberantly thanked and praised God for allowing them and their descendants to watch the night of captivity pass.9 Nearly one hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, many African American Christians continue the tradition of gathering into mainline Protestant churches on New Year's Eve to celebrate Watch Night. During their Watch Night services, many African Americans probably do not specifically celebrate Freedomâ??s Eve per se in the sense of reflecting on their ancestorsâ?? freedom from slavery. Yet, the direct link between Freedomâ??s Eve celebrations and Watch Night undoubtedly has both explicit and implicit impact on many African American Christiansâ?? observance of the tradition. Many African American Christians consistently bring in the New Year inside of a church, starting their service between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. On one hand, some African American worship leaders fully honor the Freedomâ??s Eve tradition during Watch Night. On the other hand, many African American Christians from various denominations including Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal churches implicitly reflect the spirit of Freedomâ??s Eve celebrations by bringing in the New Year with jubilation and praise, praying, shouting, and thanking God for allowing them to live and survive another year as they anticipate the fulfillment of their hopes and Godâ??s promises in the New Year. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE251 - "Q&A Watch Night Reflections" Jonathan Langston Chism, Guest Cultural Resource Commentator African American Religion Doctoral Student, Rice University Department of Religious Studies, Houston, TX I. Historical Background and Documents Numerous African American Christians observe Watch Night in a variety of ways; however, many may not be cognizant of the traditionâ??s historical roots. The precise origin of Watch Night has been disputed. Did the tradition originate in 1733 with the Methodist Movement or in the 1862 Freedomâ??s Eve celebrations? Though some African American Methodists can proudly pinpoint the 1733 origin of the tradition, Freedomâ??s Eve likely has the strongest link to the widespread celebration of Watch Night in several African American Christian churches. In their denominationâ??s manuals, African American Methodists can trace the original roots of Watch Night to the Methodist tradition. The first Watch Night service began with the Moravians, â??a small Christian denomination whose roots lie in what is the present day Czech Republicâ?? in 1733 on the estates of Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf in Hernhut, Germany.1 John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Movement, picked up the tradition from the Moravians and incorporated it into Methodism as a time for Methodists to renew their covenant with God and to contemplate their state of grace in light of the second coming of Christ. Wesley believed that all Christians should reaffirm their covenant with God annually.2 He held Watch Night services between 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on the Friday nearest the full moon and on New Yearâ??s Eve.3 The first Methodist Watch night service in the United States probably took place in 1770 at Old St. Georgeâ??s Church in Philadelphia, a church of which Richard Allen, the founder of the African American Episcopal church, was a member.4 African American Methodists celebrated Watch Night prior to Freedomâ??s Eve because Allen and other African Americans celebrated Watch Night Meeting services at St. Georgeâ??s Church and also at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.5 While acknowledging the Methodist starting point, many African American Christians link their celebration of the tradition to December 31, 1862, â??Freedomâ??s Eve.â?? After the Union Army was victorious at the Battle of Antietam on September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation that declared that all slaves in â??any state or designated part of a state . . . In rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.â??6 Many blacks in the North and South as well as both free and enslaved blacks anxiously waited for Abraham Lincolnâ??s Emancipation Proclamation to become effective on January 1, 1863. The Sunday before that â??Day of Days,â?? Frederick Douglass expressed to his audience at Rochesterâ??s Spring Street AME Zion Church his elation at â??the glorious morning of liberty about to dawn upon us.â??7 On December 31, 1862, Watch Night services occurred throughout the United States. Wide alert with anticipation, many blacks dared not and perhaps could not sleep throughout the late night hours because they wanted to watch â??the night turn into a new dawn.â??8 As they watched, many slaves reflected on their hardships and toils, mourned the memory of their ancestors and loved ones who died in slavery, and exuberantly thanked and praised God for allowing them and their descendants to watch the night of captivity pass.9 Nearly one hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, many African American Christians continue the tradition of gathering into mainline Protestant churches on New Year's Eve to celebrate Watch Night. During their Watch Night services, many African Americans probably do not specifically celebrate Freedomâ??s Eve per se in the sense of reflecting on their ancestorsâ?? freedom from slavery. Yet, the direct link between Freedomâ??s Eve celebrations and Watch Night undoubtedly has both explicit and implicit impact on many African American Christiansâ?? observance of the tradition. Many African American Christians consistently bring in the New Year inside of a church, starting their service between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. On one hand, some African American worship leaders fully honor the Freedomâ??s Eve tradition during Watch Night. On the other hand, many African American Christians from various denominations including Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal churches implicitly reflect the spirit of Freedomâ??s Eve celebrations by bringing in the New Year with jubilation and praise, praying, shouting, and thanking God for allowing them to live and survive another year as they anticipate the fulfillment of their hopes and Godâ??s promises in the New Year. 12:51 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-573584.mp3 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-573584.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-573584.mp3 Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2:2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 2:3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 2:4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. 2:5 He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. 2:6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. 2:8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 2:9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for see--I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: 2:11 to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. 2:12 This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!" 2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." 2:16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 2:17 When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; 2:18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. 2:19 But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE250 - "What an Amazing Gift!" Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2:2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 2:3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 2:4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. 2:5 He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. 2:6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. 2:8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 2:9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for see--I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: 2:11 to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. 2:12 This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!" 2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." 2:16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 2:17 When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; 2:18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. 2:19 But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 18:13 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-567131.mp3 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-567131.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-567131.mp3 Luke 1:46b-55 1:46b "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 1:48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 1:49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 1:50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 1:51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 1:52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; 1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. 1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 1:55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever." [return to top] Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 89:1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. 89:2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. 89:3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David: 89:4 'I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah 89:19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: "I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people. 89:20 I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him; 89:21 my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. 89:22 The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him. 89:23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. 89:24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 89:25 I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. 89:26 He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!' [return to top] Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE248 - "New Life:Possibilities " Luke 1:46b-55 1:46b "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 1:48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 1:49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 1:50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 1:51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 1:52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; 1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. 1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 1:55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever." [return to top] Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 89:1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. 89:2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. 89:3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David: 89:4 'I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah 89:19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: "I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people. 89:20 I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him; 89:21 my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. 89:22 The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him. 89:23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. 89:24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 89:25 I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. 89:26 He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!' [return to top] 19:05 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-567128.mp3 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-567128.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-567128.mp3 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; 61:2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 61:3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion-- to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, to display his glory. 61:4 They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. 61:8 For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 61:9 Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed. 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE247 - "New Life:Restore Us Lord" Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; 61:2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 61:3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion-- to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, to display his glory. 61:4 They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. 61:8 For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 61:9 Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed. 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. 21:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-566008.mp3 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-566008.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-566008.mp3 Mark 1:1-8 1:1 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2 As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 1:3 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" 1:4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 1:5 And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 1:6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7 He proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. 1:8 I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE246 - "New Life: Getting Ready" Mark 1:1-8 1:1 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2 As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 1:3 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" 1:4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 1:5 And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 1:6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7 He proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. 1:8 I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." 19:21 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-564896.mp3 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-564896.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-564896.mp3 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 1:5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind-- 1:6 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you-- 1:7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. [return to top] Mark 13:24-37 13:24 "But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 13:25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 13:26 Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory. 13:27 Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. 13:28 "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 13:29 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 13:30 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 13:32 "But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 13:33 Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. 13:34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 13:35 Therefore, keep awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 13:36 or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. 13:37 And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE245 - "New Life:Keep Awake" 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 1:5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind-- 1:6 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you-- 1:7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. [return to top] Mark 13:24-37 13:24 "But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 13:25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 13:26 Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory. 13:27 Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. 13:28 "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 13:29 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 13:30 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 13:32 "But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 13:33 Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. 13:34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 13:35 Therefore, keep awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 13:36 or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. 13:37 And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake." 23:56 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-562867.mp3 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-562867.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-562867.mp3 A Thanksgiving Day Prayer Lord, so often times, as any other day When we sit down to our meal and pray We hurry along and make fast the blessing Thanks, amen. Now please pass the dressing We're slaves to the olfactory overload We must rush our prayer before the food gets cold But Lord, I'd like to take a few minute more To really give thanks to what I'm thankful for For my family, my health, a nice soft bed My friends, my freedom, a roof over my head I'm thankful right now to be surrounded by those Whose lives touch me more than they'll ever possibly know Thankful Lord, that You've blessed me beyond measure Thankful that in my heart lives life's greatest treasure That You, dear Jesus, reside in that place And I'm ever so grateful for Your unending grace So please, heavenly Father, bless this food You've provided And bless each and every person invited Amen! Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE244 - " Thanksgiving Day Reflections" A Thanksgiving Day Prayer Lord, so often times, as any other day When we sit down to our meal and pray We hurry along and make fast the blessing Thanks, amen. Now please pass the dressing We're slaves to the olfactory overload We must rush our prayer before the food gets cold But Lord, I'd like to take a few minute more To really give thanks to what I'm thankful for For my family, my health, a nice soft bed My friends, my freedom, a roof over my head I'm thankful right now to be surrounded by those Whose lives touch me more than they'll ever possibly know Thankful Lord, that You've blessed me beyond measure Thankful that in my heart lives life's greatest treasure That You, dear Jesus, reside in that place And I'm ever so grateful for Your unending grace So please, heavenly Father, bless this food You've provided And bless each and every person invited Amen! 16:55 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-561599.mp3 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-561599.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-561599.mp3 What is Advent by Dennis Bratcher Advent is the beginning of the Church Year for most churches in the Western tradition It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, which is the Sunday nearest November 30, and ends on Christmas Eve (Dec 24). If Christmas Eve is a Sunday, it is counted as the fourth Sunday of Advent, with Christmas Eve proper beginning at sundown. The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival." The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in his Second Advent. Thus, Advent is far more than simply marking a 2,000 year old event in history. It is celebrating a truth about God, the revelation of God in Christ whereby all of creation might be reconciled to God. That is a process in which we now participate, and the consummation of which we anticipate. Scripture reading for Advent will reflect this emphasis on the Second Advent, including themes of accountability for faithfulness at His coming, judgment on sin, and the hope of eternal life. In this double focus on past and future, Advent also symbolizes the spiritual journey of individuals and a congregation, as they affirm that Christ has come, that He is present in the world today, and that He will come again in power. That acknowledgment provides a basis for Kingdom ethics, for holy living arising from a profound sense that we live "between the times" and are called to be faithful stewards of what is entrusted to us as Godâ??s people. So, as the church celebrates Godâ??s inbreaking into history in the Incarnation, and anticipates a future consummation to that history for which "all creation is groaning awaiting its redemption," it also confesses its own responsibility as a people commissioned to "love the Lord your God with all your heart" and to "love your neighbor as yourself." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE243 - "Seeing & Seeking" What is Advent by Dennis Bratcher Advent is the beginning of the Church Year for most churches in the Western tradition It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, which is the Sunday nearest November 30, and ends on Christmas Eve (Dec 24). If Christmas Eve is a Sunday, it is counted as the fourth Sunday of Advent, with Christmas Eve proper beginning at sundown. The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival." The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in his Second Advent. Thus, Advent is far more than simply marking a 2,000 year old event in history. It is celebrating a truth about God, the revelation of God in Christ whereby all of creation might be reconciled to God. That is a process in which we now participate, and the consummation of which we anticipate. Scripture reading for Advent will reflect this emphasis on the Second Advent, including themes of accountability for faithfulness at His coming, judgment on sin, and the hope of eternal life. In this double focus on past and future, Advent also symbolizes the spiritual journey of individuals and a congregation, as they affirm that Christ has come, that He is present in the world today, and that He will come again in power. That acknowledgment provides a basis for Kingdom ethics, for holy living arising from a profound sense that we live "between the times" and are called to be faithful stewards of what is entrusted to us as Godâ??s people. So, as the church celebrates Godâ??s inbreaking into history in the Incarnation, and anticipates a future consummation to that history for which "all creation is groaning awaiting its redemption," it also confesses its own responsibility as a people commissioned to "love the Lord your God with all your heart" and to "love your neighbor as yourself." 21:27 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-556292.mp3 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-556292.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-556292.mp3 All Saints' Day is the day Christians give thanks for all the good people God has placed in their lives, especially those who are already with God in heaven. It is also a day when Christians give thanks for the presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives and in the lives of all people. It is not because people are special in and of themselves that we call them saints, but it is because they are ordinary, everyday people who allow the Holy Spirit to work through them, doing the mighty deeds of the Lord. Martin Luther writes, "the Holy Scriptures call Christians saints and the people of God. To forget that we are saints is to forget Christ and to forget our baptism." All Saints is a day for remembering and giving thanks, as Christians remember the good people they have known and give thanks for the unending goodness of God. All Saints is celebrated the first Sunday in November, during the season of Pentecost. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE239 -"Heavenly Glory"-All Saints' Sunday All Saints' Day is the day Christians give thanks for all the good people God has placed in their lives, especially those who are already with God in heaven. It is also a day when Christians give thanks for the presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives and in the lives of all people. It is not because people are special in and of themselves that we call them saints, but it is because they are ordinary, everyday people who allow the Holy Spirit to work through them, doing the mighty deeds of the Lord. Martin Luther writes, "the Holy Scriptures call Christians saints and the people of God. To forget that we are saints is to forget Christ and to forget our baptism." All Saints is a day for remembering and giving thanks, as Christians remember the good people they have known and give thanks for the unending goodness of God. All Saints is celebrated the first Sunday in November, during the season of Pentecost. 18:37 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-542904.mp3 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-542904.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-542904.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE238 -"What Does It Take To Bcome One" 30:00 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-524051.mp3 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-524051.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-524051.mp3 Back to School Litany by Eleanor Colvin â?? originally presented at BMCR Luncheon 2008 One: In thanks and awe of God who holds the whole world in his hands, we give this backpack to hold these tools for success and pray that the child who receives remains safely in the palm of Godâ??s hands forever and ever. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to God who makes creation out of dark voids; trees out of seeds; paper from trees and many other miracles for you and me, we give this paper as a blank slate for miracles waiting to be written in the life of the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to God who wrote the full story of our lives while we were yet in our motherâ??s wombs, we give thanks for the gift of these pencils, so that children may write a new future through education. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to God, whose word cuts like a two edge sword â?? Lord, when did we see you hungry and not feed you? Or perhaps when did we see you starving for education and not teach you? We give this gift of scissors, in thanks to God who cuts away our will until his is revealed. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to the one true God, omnipotent, magnificent ruler, we give this gift of a ruler and pray that you rule always in the life of the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In celebration of our creator who paints blessings with all the colors of his rainbow, we give this gift of crayons to brighten the life of the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In ceaseless gratitude to our all-seeing, all-knowing, ever-forgiving God, we give this gift of an eraser in honor of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is The Eraser of all sin and we pray for the priceless gift of salvation for the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks for Godâ??s transforming grace and for the Lordâ??s strength thatâ??s perfected in our weakness, we give this gift of a pencil sharpener. Just as God sharpens us when our spirits are broken, we pray for Godâ??s sustaining grace for the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: We rejoice, O Lord, in the opportunity to bless others. We rejoice, in the privilege to serve you by serving others. We rejoice, O Lord, for these our seeds and pray that you give the increase. Many: O God, thanks for increasing these seeds of possibility in all children and youth. Amen. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE235 - "Back to School Litany" Back to School Litany by Eleanor Colvin â?? originally presented at BMCR Luncheon 2008 One: In thanks and awe of God who holds the whole world in his hands, we give this backpack to hold these tools for success and pray that the child who receives remains safely in the palm of Godâ??s hands forever and ever. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to God who makes creation out of dark voids; trees out of seeds; paper from trees and many other miracles for you and me, we give this paper as a blank slate for miracles waiting to be written in the life of the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to God who wrote the full story of our lives while we were yet in our motherâ??s wombs, we give thanks for the gift of these pencils, so that children may write a new future through education. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to God, whose word cuts like a two edge sword â?? Lord, when did we see you hungry and not feed you? Or perhaps when did we see you starving for education and not teach you? We give this gift of scissors, in thanks to God who cuts away our will until his is revealed. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks to the one true God, omnipotent, magnificent ruler, we give this gift of a ruler and pray that you rule always in the life of the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In celebration of our creator who paints blessings with all the colors of his rainbow, we give this gift of crayons to brighten the life of the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In ceaseless gratitude to our all-seeing, all-knowing, ever-forgiving God, we give this gift of an eraser in honor of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is The Eraser of all sin and we pray for the priceless gift of salvation for the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: In thanks for Godâ??s transforming grace and for the Lordâ??s strength thatâ??s perfected in our weakness, we give this gift of a pencil sharpener. Just as God sharpens us when our spirits are broken, we pray for Godâ??s sustaining grace for the child who receives. Many: O God, increase these seeds of possibility in all children and youth One: We rejoice, O Lord, in the opportunity to bless others. We rejoice, in the privilege to serve you by serving others. We rejoice, O Lord, for these our seeds and pray that you give the increase. Many: O God, thanks for increasing these seeds of possibility in all children and youth. Amen. 05:22 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-518660.mp3 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-518660.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-518660.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE234 - "Can You Walk on Water" 24:58 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-518651.mp3 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-518651.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-518651.mp3 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 13:31 He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 13:32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." 13:33 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened." 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 13:45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; 13:46 on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. 13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 13:48 when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. 13:49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 13:50 and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13:51 "Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes." 13:52 And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE233 - "The Like Parables" Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 13:31 He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 13:32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." 13:33 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened." 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 13:45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; 13:46 on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. 13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 13:48 when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. 13:49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 13:50 and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13:51 "Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes." 13:52 And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is 25:53 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-510700.mp3 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-510700.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-510700.mp3 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 13:1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 13:2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 13:3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. 13:4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 13:5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 13:6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 13:7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 13:8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 13:9 Let anyone with ears listen!" 13:18 "Hear then the parable of the sower. 13:19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 13:20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 13:21 yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 13:22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. 13:23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE232 - "Good Soil" Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 13:1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 13:2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 13:3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. 13:4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 13:5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 13:6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 13:7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 13:8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 13:9 Let anyone with ears listen!" 13:18 "Hear then the parable of the sower. 13:19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 13:20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 13:21 yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 13:22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. 13:23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." 19:52 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501372.mp3 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501372.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501372.mp3 Matthew 10:40-42 10:40 "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 10:41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; 10:42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple -- truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE230 - "Sermons and Reflections of the Word" Matthew 10:40-42 10:40 "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 10:41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; 10:42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple -- truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward." 24:46 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501361.mp3 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501361.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501361.mp3 The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Festival of the Holy Trinity. On this day, the church rejoices in the impenetrable mystery that God is triune (three-in-one) -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How the Lord can be one God in three distinct persons is completely beyond the ability of any human to understand. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians accept this incomprehensible mystery as a fundamental article of faith. How God can be one God in three Persons is a mystery. While it is clearly taught in the Bible (for example, in Matthew 28:18-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:14), it can never be understood or rationalized -- it can only be accepted by faith. Since faith comes only through the Holy Spirit working through the means of grace, it is appropriate that this glorious mystery is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost, the great festival of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE228 - "WHAT IS TRINITY SUNDAY?" The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Festival of the Holy Trinity. On this day, the church rejoices in the impenetrable mystery that God is triune (three-in-one) -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How the Lord can be one God in three distinct persons is completely beyond the ability of any human to understand. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians accept this incomprehensible mystery as a fundamental article of faith. How God can be one God in three Persons is a mystery. While it is clearly taught in the Bible (for example, in Matthew 28:18-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:14), it can never be understood or rationalized -- it can only be accepted by faith. Since faith comes only through the Holy Spirit working through the means of grace, it is appropriate that this glorious mystery is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost, the great festival of the coming of the Holy Spirit. 12:58 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501314.mp3 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501314.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-501314.mp3 Acts 2: 14, 22-32, John 20: 19-31 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE227 - "How to Get Doubt Free" Acts 2: 14, 22-32, John 20: 19-31 24:40 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-498706.mp3 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-498706.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-498706.mp3 WHAT HAPPENED ON PENTECOST? Today, in many Christian churches, Pentecost Sunday is celebrated to recognize the gift of the Holy Spirit, realizing that Godâ??s very life, breath and energy lives in believers. During this service, John 20:19-23 may be the core of the message about our risen Savior supernaturally appearing to the fear-laden disciples. The celebration of Pentecost Sunday reminds us of the reality that we are all have the unifying Spirit that was poured out upon the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. It is a reminder that we are co-heirs with Christ, to suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him; that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7); that we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13); and that the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead lives inside believers (Romans 8:9-11). This gift of the Holy Spirit that was promised and given to all believers on the first Pentecost is promised for you and your children and for all who are far off whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2:39). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE226 - "WHAT HAPPENED ON PENTECOST?" WHAT HAPPENED ON PENTECOST? Today, in many Christian churches, Pentecost Sunday is celebrated to recognize the gift of the Holy Spirit, realizing that Godâ??s very life, breath and energy lives in believers. During this service, John 20:19-23 may be the core of the message about our risen Savior supernaturally appearing to the fear-laden disciples. The celebration of Pentecost Sunday reminds us of the reality that we are all have the unifying Spirit that was poured out upon the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. It is a reminder that we are co-heirs with Christ, to suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him; that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7); that we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13); and that the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead lives inside believers (Romans 8:9-11). This gift of the Holy Spirit that was promised and given to all believers on the first Pentecost is promised for you and your children and for all who are far off whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2:39). 13:00 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487290.mp3 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487290.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487290.mp3 Luke 24:44-53 24:44 Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you--that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." 24:45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 24:46 and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 24:47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 24:48 You are witnesses of these things. 24:49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." 24:50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 24:51 While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. 24:52 And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; 24:53 and they were continually in the temple blessing God. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE225 - "Look Up" Luke 24:44-53 24:44 Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you--that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." 24:45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 24:46 and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 24:47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 24:48 You are witnesses of these things. 24:49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." 24:50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 24:51 While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. 24:52 And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; 24:53 and they were continually in the temple blessing God. 27:58 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487288.mp3 Sun, 22 May 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487288.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487288.mp3 1 Peter 2:2-10 2:2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation- 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 2:4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God's sight, and 2:5 like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 2:6 For it stands in scripture: "See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." 2:7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner," 2:8 and "A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE223 - Chosen Generation 1 Peter 2:2-10 2:2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation- 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 2:4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God's sight, and 2:5 like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 2:6 For it stands in scripture: "See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." 2:7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner," 2:8 and "A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 26:08 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487281.mp3 Sun, 08 May 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487281.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-487281.mp3 Acts 2:14a, 36-41 2:14a: But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 2:36 Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified." 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?" 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 2:39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him." 2:40 And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 2:41 So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE221 - "Staying Power" Acts 2:14a, 36-41 2:14a: But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 2:36 Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified." 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?" 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 2:39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him." 2:40 And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 2:41 So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. 21:48 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-483978.mp3 Sun, 01 May 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-483978.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-483978.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE220 - "Out of the Box-Sermons and Reflections of the Word" 30:54 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-483150.mp3 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-483150.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-483150.mp3 Just as Sunday is the first and the eighth day, so the "great Sunday" of the fifty days of Eastertide/Pentecost begins with the day of the resurrection and continues through eight Sundays, an octave of Sundays, a "week of weeks." It has been suggested that the English expression "Whitsunday" derives from the French huit (eight), Pentecost being le huitième dimanche, the eighth Sunday of Easter. In the Fourth Gospel, the risen Christ imparts the gift of the Spirit on the evening of Easter Day (John 20:19-23). The Spirit is the gift of the risen Christ. And so in the Easter Season, this "Pentecost Season," we listen to the farewell discourses, with their promise of the coming Advocate, as words to us from the risen Christ. This should be an encouragement and a sign of hope for us today. Despite war, violence, personal struggles, and an under-performing economy, God has not abandoned us, nor left us to our own devices. The risen savior is still with us. These 50 days of Easter ask us to reflect on his presence, andâ??even in the face of danger or fearâ??to live with joy. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE219 - "50 Days of Easter Reflections of the Word" Just as Sunday is the first and the eighth day, so the "great Sunday" of the fifty days of Eastertide/Pentecost begins with the day of the resurrection and continues through eight Sundays, an octave of Sundays, a "week of weeks." It has been suggested that the English expression "Whitsunday" derives from the French huit (eight), Pentecost being le huitième dimanche, the eighth Sunday of Easter. In the Fourth Gospel, the risen Christ imparts the gift of the Spirit on the evening of Easter Day (John 20:19-23). The Spirit is the gift of the risen Christ. And so in the Easter Season, this "Pentecost Season," we listen to the farewell discourses, with their promise of the coming Advocate, as words to us from the risen Christ. This should be an encouragement and a sign of hope for us today. Despite war, violence, personal struggles, and an under-performing economy, God has not abandoned us, nor left us to our own devices. The risen savior is still with us. These 50 days of Easter ask us to reflect on his presence, andâ??even in the face of danger or fearâ??to live with joy. 13:40 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-476341.mp3 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-476341.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-476341.mp3 *Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE218 -Going to Galilee-Resurrection of the Lord *Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 17:18 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-476338.mp3 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-476338.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-476338.mp3 Matthew 21:1-11 21:1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, just say this, 'The Lord needs them.' And he will send them immediately." 21:4 This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, 21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey." 21:6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; 21:7 they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. 21:8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 21:9 The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!" 21:10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" 21:11 The crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee." or Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE217 - Our Messiah- Sixth Sunday in Lent Matthew 21:1-11 21:1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, just say this, 'The Lord needs them.' And he will send them immediately." 21:4 This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, 21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey." 21:6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; 21:7 they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. 21:8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 21:9 The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!" 21:10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" 21:11 The crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee." or 20:15 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466796.mp3 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466796.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466796.mp3 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 John 11:1-45 11:1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 11:2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. 11:3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." 11:4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 11:5 Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, 11:6 after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 11:7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 11:8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?" 11:9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. 11:10 But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them." 11:11 After saying this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him." 11:12 The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right." 11:13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. 11:14 Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. 11:15 For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." 11:16 Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." 11:17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 11:19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. 11:20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. 11:21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 11:22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him." 11:23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 11:24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" 11:27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world." 11:28 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 11:29 And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. 11:30 Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 11:31 The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 11:32 When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 11:34 He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." 11:35 Jesus began to weep. 11:36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 11:37 But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" 11:38 Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 11:39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days." 11:40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" 11:41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. 11:42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." 11:43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 11:44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." 11:45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE216 -God's Promises: Alive Again "Fifth Sunday in Lent" Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 John 11:1-45 11:1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 11:2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. 11:3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." 11:4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 11:5 Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, 11:6 after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 11:7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 11:8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?" 11:9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. 11:10 But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them." 11:11 After saying this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him." 11:12 The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right." 11:13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. 11:14 Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. 11:15 For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." 11:16 Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." 11:17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 11:19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. 11:20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. 11:21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 11:22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him." 11:23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 11:24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" 11:27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world." 11:28 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 11:29 And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. 11:30 Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 11:31 The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 11:32 When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 11:34 He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." 11:35 Jesus began to weep. 11:36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 11:37 But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" 11:38 Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 11:39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days." 11:40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" 11:41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. 11:42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." 11:43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 11:44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." 11:45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. 22:31 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466792.mp3 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466792.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466792.mp3 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. 9:23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner." 9:25 He answered, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." 9:26 They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" 9:27 He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" 9:28 Then they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." 9:30 The man answered, "Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. 9:32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 9:33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." 9:34 They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?" And they drove him out. 9:35 Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 9:36 He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him." 9:37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he." 9:38 He said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped him. 9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind." 9:40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not blind, are we?" 9:41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE215 -God's Promises: Sight " 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. 9:23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner." 9:25 He answered, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." 9:26 They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" 9:27 He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" 9:28 Then they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." 9:30 The man answered, "Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. 9:32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 9:33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." 9:34 They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?" And they drove him out. 9:35 Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 9:36 He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him." 9:37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he." 9:38 He said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped him. 9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind." 9:40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not blind, are we?" 9:41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains. 20:42 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466790.mp3 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:11:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466790.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-466790.mp3 ART -- PRAYER Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE214 -God's Promises: Living Water "Third Sunday in Lent" ART -- PRAYER Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42 15:42 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458163.mp3 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458163.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458163.mp3 John 3:1-17 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God." 3:3 Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" 3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 3:6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3:7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.' 3:8 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." 3:9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" 3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 3:11 "Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 3:12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 3:17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE213 -God's Promises: Eternal Life "Second Sunday in Lent" John 3:1-17 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God." 3:3 Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" 3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 3:6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3:7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.' 3:8 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." 3:9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" 3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 3:11 "Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 3:12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 3:17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 21:32 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458162.mp3 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458162.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458162.mp3 Matthew 4:1-11 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 4:2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 4:3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4:4 But he answered, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'" 4:7 Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; 4:9 and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." 4:10 Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! for it is written, 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'" 4:11 Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE212 -God's Promises: Grace "First Sunday in Lent" Matthew 4:1-11 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 4:2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 4:3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4:4 But he answered, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'" 4:7 Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; 4:9 and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." 4:10 Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! for it is written, 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'" 4:11 Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. 25:51 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458160.mp3 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458160.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458160.mp3 Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.Ã? Ash Wednesday emphasizes two themes: our sinfulness before God and our human mortality.Ã? The service focuses on both themes, helping us to realize that both have been triumphed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshiper's heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at the death of Jesus, but also places the worshipper in a position to realize the consequences of sin. (See Reflections on Ash Wednesday). Ash Wednesday is a somber day of reflection on what needs to change in our lives if we are to be fully Christian. In the early church, ashes were not offered to everyone but were only used to mark the forehead of worshipers who had made public confession of sin and sought to be restored to the fellowship of the community at the Easter celebration. However, over the years others began to show their humility and identification with the penitents by asking that they, too, be marked as sinners. Finally, the imposition of ashes was extended to the whole congregation in services similar to those that are now observed in many Christian churches on Ash Wednesday. Ashes became symbolic of that attitude of penitence reflected in the Lord's prayer: forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. (Luke 11:4, NRSV). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE211 - "Ash Wednesday" Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.Ã? Ash Wednesday emphasizes two themes: our sinfulness before God and our human mortality.Ã? The service focuses on both themes, helping us to realize that both have been triumphed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshiper's heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at the death of Jesus, but also places the worshipper in a position to realize the consequences of sin. (See Reflections on Ash Wednesday). Ash Wednesday is a somber day of reflection on what needs to change in our lives if we are to be fully Christian. In the early church, ashes were not offered to everyone but were only used to mark the forehead of worshipers who had made public confession of sin and sought to be restored to the fellowship of the community at the Easter celebration. However, over the years others began to show their humility and identification with the penitents by asking that they, too, be marked as sinners. Finally, the imposition of ashes was extended to the whole congregation in services similar to those that are now observed in many Christian churches on Ash Wednesday. Ashes became symbolic of that attitude of penitence reflected in the Lord's prayer: forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. (Luke 11:4, NRSV). 13:36 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458158.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458158.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-458158.mp3 Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 2 ;or Psalm 99 2 Peter 1:16-21----- Matthew 17:1-9 17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 17:3 Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 17:4 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 17:5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!" 17:6 When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Get up and do not be afraid." 17:8 And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. 17:9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE210 -Perfect Timing "Transfiguration Sunday" Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 2 ;or Psalm 99 2 Peter 1:16-21----- Matthew 17:1-9 17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 17:3 Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 17:4 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 17:5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!" 17:6 When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Get up and do not be afraid." 17:8 And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. 17:9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." 23:25 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446122.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446122.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446122.mp3 Matthew 6:24-34 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 6:27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 6:28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 6:29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you--you of little faith? 6:31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' 6:32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 6:33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 6:34 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE209 - "Celebrate: Hope Now!" Matthew 6:24-34 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 6:27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 6:28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 6:29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you--you of little faith? 6:31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' 6:32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 6:33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 6:34 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today." 23:37 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446121.mp3 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446121.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446121.mp3 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 3:10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. 3:16 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 3:17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. 3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise. 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness," 3:20 and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." 3:21 So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all belong to you, 3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE208 - "Celebrate: Connection" 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 3:10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. 3:16 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 3:17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. 3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise. 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness," 3:20 and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." 3:21 So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all belong to you, 3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. 20:59 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446120.mp3 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446120.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446120.mp3 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 3:1 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 3:2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, 3:3 for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? 3:4 For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human? 3:5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 3:7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. 3:9 For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE207 - Celebrate: Growing Together 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 3:1 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 3:2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, 3:3 for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? 3:4 For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human? 3:5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 3:7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. 3:9 For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building. 23:13 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446119.mp3 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446119.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-446119.mp3 Matthew 5:13-20 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 5:15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 5:18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 5:19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE206 - "Celebrate: Wisdom" Matthew 5:13-20 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 5:15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 5:18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 5:19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." 23:39 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437490.mp3 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:45:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437490.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437490.mp3 Matthew 5:1-12 5:1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 5:2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:11 "Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE205 - "Say That: We Are Blessed!" Matthew 5:1-12 5:1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 5:2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:11 "Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 15:48 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437488.mp3 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437488.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437488.mp3 Matthew 4:12-23 4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 4:13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14 so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 4:15 "Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles 4:16 the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." 4:17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." 4:18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen. 4:19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." 4:20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 4:21 As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. 4:22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE204 - "Immediately" Matthew 4:12-23 4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 4:13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14 so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 4:15 "Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles 4:16 the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." 4:17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." 4:18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen. 4:19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." 4:20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 4:21 As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. 4:22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. 16:48 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437486.mp3 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437486.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-437486.mp3 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 1:2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 1:5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind 1:6 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you 1:7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. [return to top] John 1:29-42 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 1:30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' 1:31 I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel." 1:32 And John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 1:33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 1:34 And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God." 1:35 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 1:36 and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" 1:37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 1:38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 1:39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. 1:40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 1:41 He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed). 1:42 He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE203 - "God is Faithful" 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 1:2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 1:5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind 1:6 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you 1:7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. [return to top] John 1:29-42 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 1:30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' 1:31 I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel." 1:32 And John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 1:33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 1:34 And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God." 1:35 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 1:36 and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" 1:37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 1:38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 1:39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. 1:40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 1:41 He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed). 1:42 He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter). 19:15 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-434964.mp3 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-434964.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-434964.mp3 Matthew 3:13-17 3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 3:14 John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 3:15 But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. 3:16 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE202 - "By the Spirit - Baptism of the Lord" Matthew 3:13-17 3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 3:14 John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 3:15 But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. 3:16 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." 20:30 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-430299.mp3 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-430299.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-430299.mp3 Matthew 2:1-12 The Magi Visit the Messiah 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, â??Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.â?? 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the peopleâ??s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 â??In Bethlehem in Judea,â?? they replied, â??for this is what the prophet has written: 6 â??â??But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.â??[b]â?? 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, â??Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.â?? 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE201 - "New Roads" Matthew 2:1-12 The Magi Visit the Messiah 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, â??Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.â?? 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the peopleâ??s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 â??In Bethlehem in Judea,â?? they replied, â??for this is what the prophet has written: 6 â??â??But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.â??[b]â?? 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, â??Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.â?? 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. 21:16 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-430296.mp3 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-430296.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-430296.mp3 Matthew 2:13-23 2:13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 2:14 Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, 2:15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, "Out of Egypt I have called my son." 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. 2:17 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: 2:18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more." 2:19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, 2:20 "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." 2:21 Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. 2:23 There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He will be called a Nazorean." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE200 - "Sweet Hiding Places" Matthew 2:13-23 2:13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 2:14 Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, 2:15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, "Out of Egypt I have called my son." 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. 2:17 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: 2:18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more." 2:19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, 2:20 "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." 2:21 Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. 2:23 There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He will be called a Nazorean." 24:29 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426121.mp3 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426121.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426121.mp3 Matthew 1:18-25 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. 1:20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1:21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 1:23 "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means, "God is with us." 1:24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, 1:25 but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE199 - " "Expectancy- Love" Matthew 1:18-25 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. 1:20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1:21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 1:23 "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means, "God is with us." 1:24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, 1:25 but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus. 14:23 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426117.mp3 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426117.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426117.mp3 Matthew 11:2-11 11:2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 11:3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" 11:4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. 11:6 And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8 What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. 11:9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 11:10 This is the one about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 11:11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE198 - "Expectancy- Joy" Matthew 11:2-11 11:2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 11:3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" 11:4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. 11:6 And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8 What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. 11:9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 11:10 This is the one about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 11:11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 18:16 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426116.mp3 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426116.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-426116.mp3 Romans 15:4-13 15:4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. 15:5 May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, 15:6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:7 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 15:9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore I will confess you among the Gentiles, and sing praises to your name"; 15:10 and again he says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people"; 15:11 and again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him"; 15:12 and again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse shall come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles shall hope." 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE197 - " Expectancy- Peace" Romans 15:4-13 15:4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. 15:5 May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, 15:6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:7 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 15:9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore I will confess you among the Gentiles, and sing praises to your name"; 15:10 and again he says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people"; 15:11 and again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him"; 15:12 and again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse shall come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles shall hope." 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 15:33 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416361.mp3 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416361.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416361.mp3 First Sunday of Advent Matthew 3:1-12 3:1 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." 3:3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 3:4 Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 3:5 Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, 3:6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bear fruit worthy of repentance. 3:9 Do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 3:10 Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 3:11 "I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE194 - "Expectancy Hope" First Sunday of Advent Matthew 3:1-12 3:1 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." 3:3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 3:4 Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 3:5 Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, 3:6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bear fruit worthy of repentance. 3:9 Do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 3:10 Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 3:11 "I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." 17:11 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-421138.mp3 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-421138.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-421138.mp3 "Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness." Psalm 107:8-9 "Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?" Psalm 106:1-2 "I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving." Psalm 69:30 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE196 " Reflections of Thanksgiving " "Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness." Psalm 107:8-9 "Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?" Psalm 106:1-2 "I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving." Psalm 69:30 16:55 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416358.mp3 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416358.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416358.mp3 Colossians 1:11-20 1:11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 1:13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 1:16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers--all things have been created through him and for him. 1:17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 1:18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 1:19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 1:20 and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE193 - "Christ Is King" Colossians 1:11-20 1:11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 1:13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 1:16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers--all things have been created through him and for him. 1:17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 1:18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 1:19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 1:20 and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. 20:49 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416356.mp3 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416356.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-416356.mp3 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 3:6 Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. 3:7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, 3:8 and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. 3:9 This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate. 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. 3:11 For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. 3:12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. 3:13 Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE192 - "Moving Into Action" 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 3:6 Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. 3:7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, 3:8 and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. 3:9 This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate. 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. 3:11 For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. 3:12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. 3:13 Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right. 28:27 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404092.mp3 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404092.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404092.mp3 Ephesians 1:11-23 1:11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, 1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 1:13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 1:14 this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the praise of his glory. 1:15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason 1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 1:17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 1:18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 1:19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 1:20 God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. 1:22 And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE190 - "Hope and Blessing" Ephesians 1:11-23 1:11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, 1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 1:13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 1:14 this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the praise of his glory. 1:15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason 1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 1:17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 1:18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 1:19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 1:20 God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. 1:22 And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. 23:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404090.mp3 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404090.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404090.mp3 Joel 2:23-32 (The Message) 21-24 Fear not, Earth! Be glad and celebrate! God has done great things. Fear not, wild animals! The fields and meadows are greening up. The trees are bearing fruit again: a bumper crop of fig trees and vines! Children of Zion, celebrate! Be glad in your God. He's giving you a teacher to train you how to live rightâ?? Teaching, like rain out of heaven, showers of words to refresh and nourish your soul, just as he used to do. And plenty of food for your bodyâ??silos full of grain, casks of wine and barrels of olive oil. 25-27 "I'll make up for the years of the locust, the great locust devastationâ?? Locusts savage, locusts deadly, fierce locusts, locusts of doom, That great locust invasion I sent your way. You'll eat your fill of good food. You'll be full of praises to your God, The God who has set you back on your heels in wonder. Never again will my people be despised. You'll know without question that I'm in the thick of life with Israel, That I'm your God, yes, your God, the one and only real God. Never again will my people be despised. The Sun Turning Black and the Moon Blood-Red 28-32 "And that's just the beginning: After thatâ?? "I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions. I'll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both. I'll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: Blood and fire and billowing smoke, the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Judgment Day of God, the Day tremendous and awesome. Whoever calls, 'Help, God!' gets help. On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a great rescueâ??just as God said. Included in the survivors are those that God calls." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE189 - " Embrace New Dreams " Joel 2:23-32 (The Message) 21-24 Fear not, Earth! Be glad and celebrate! God has done great things. Fear not, wild animals! The fields and meadows are greening up. The trees are bearing fruit again: a bumper crop of fig trees and vines! Children of Zion, celebrate! Be glad in your God. He's giving you a teacher to train you how to live rightâ?? Teaching, like rain out of heaven, showers of words to refresh and nourish your soul, just as he used to do. And plenty of food for your bodyâ??silos full of grain, casks of wine and barrels of olive oil. 25-27 "I'll make up for the years of the locust, the great locust devastationâ?? Locusts savage, locusts deadly, fierce locusts, locusts of doom, That great locust invasion I sent your way. You'll eat your fill of good food. You'll be full of praises to your God, The God who has set you back on your heels in wonder. Never again will my people be despised. You'll know without question that I'm in the thick of life with Israel, That I'm your God, yes, your God, the one and only real God. Never again will my people be despised. The Sun Turning Black and the Moon Blood-Red 28-32 "And that's just the beginning: After thatâ?? "I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions. I'll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both. I'll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: Blood and fire and billowing smoke, the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Judgment Day of God, the Day tremendous and awesome. Whoever calls, 'Help, God!' gets help. On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a great rescueâ??just as God said. Included in the survivors are those that God calls." 30:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404087.mp3 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404087.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404087.mp3 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-1; Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE187 - "Embrace..Your Healing" Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-1; 23:46 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404812.mp3 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404812.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-404812.mp3 Isaiah 43:16-21 (The Message) 16-21This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves, The God who summons horses and chariots and armiesâ?? they lie down and then can't get up; they're snuffed out like so many candles: "Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. Wild animals will say 'Thank you!' â??the coyotes and the buzzardsâ?? Because I provided water in the desert, rivers through the sun-baked earth, Drinking water for the people I chose, the people I made especially for myself, a people custom-made to praise me. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE191 - " Reflections-Them & They... "Let em Go" Isaiah 43:16-21 (The Message) 16-21This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves, The God who summons horses and chariots and armiesâ?? they lie down and then can't get up; they're snuffed out like so many candles: "Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. Wild animals will say 'Thank you!' â??the coyotes and the buzzardsâ?? Because I provided water in the desert, rivers through the sun-baked earth, Drinking water for the people I chose, the people I made especially for myself, a people custom-made to praise me. 14:25 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-401652.mp3 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-401652.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-401652.mp3 Lamentations 1:1-6,Lamentations 3:19-26 orPsalm 137 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Psalm 37:1-9 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE186 - "Living Into Our Calling" Lamentations 1:1-6,Lamentations 3:19-26 orPsalm 137 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Psalm 37:1-9 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 18:02 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395248.mp3 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395248.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395248.mp3 Luke 16:19-31 16:19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 16:20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 16:21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. 16:22 The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 16:23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. 16:24 He called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.' 16:25 But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. 16:26 Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.' 16:27 He said, 'Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house-- 16:28 for I have five brothers--that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.' 16:29 Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.' 16:30 He said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 16:31 He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'" Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE185 - " It's not too late... " Luke 16:19-31 16:19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 16:20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 16:21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. 16:22 The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 16:23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. 16:24 He called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.' 16:25 But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. 16:26 Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.' 16:27 He said, 'Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house-- 16:28 for I have five brothers--that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.' 16:29 Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.' 16:30 He said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 16:31 He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'" 27:39 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395245.mp3 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395245.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395245.mp3 Luke 16:1-13 16:1 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 16:2 So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' 16:3 Then the manager said to himself, 'What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 16:4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' 16:5 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' 16:6 He answered, 'A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' 16:7 Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He replied, 'A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill and make it eighty.' 16:8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. 16:10 "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 16:11 If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 16:12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? 16:13 No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE184 - "One or the Other" Luke 16:1-13 16:1 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 16:2 So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' 16:3 Then the manager said to himself, 'What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 16:4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' 16:5 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' 16:6 He answered, 'A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' 16:7 Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He replied, 'A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill and make it eighty.' 16:8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. 16:10 "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 16:11 If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 16:12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? 16:13 No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." 25:19 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395241.mp3 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395241.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-395241.mp3 Luke 15:1-10 15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 15:2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them." 15:3 So he told them this parable: 15:4 "Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 15:5 When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. 15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 15:7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. 15:8 "Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 15:9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' 15:10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE183 - "Found " Luke 15:1-10 15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 15:2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them." 15:3 So he told them this parable: 15:4 "Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 15:5 When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. 15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 15:7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. 15:8 "Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 15:9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' 15:10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." 23:49 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-389052.mp3 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-389052.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-389052.mp3 uke 14:25-33 14:25 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 14:26 "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 14:27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? 14:29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 14:30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' 14:31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 14:33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE182 - "What is The Cost" uke 14:25-33 14:25 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 14:26 "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 14:27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? 14:29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 14:30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' 14:31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 14:33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions. 23:57 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377104.mp3 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377104.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377104.mp3 Luke 14:1, 7-14 14:1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. 14:7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 14:8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; 14:9 and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give this person your place,' and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. 14:11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." 14:12 He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 14:13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 14:14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE181 - "Get The Word Out" Luke 14:1, 7-14 14:1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. 14:7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 14:8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; 14:9 and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give this person your place,' and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. 14:11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." 14:12 He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 14:13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 14:14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." 23:59 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377103.mp3 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377103.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377103.mp3 Luke 13:10-17 13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 13:11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 13:12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment." 13:13 When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. 13:14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day." 13:15 But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? 13:16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?" 13:17 When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE180 - "By Faith-Healed and Renewed" Luke 13:10-17 13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 13:11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 13:12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment." 13:13 When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. 13:14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day." 13:15 But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? 13:16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?" 13:17 When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing. 23:24 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377102.mp3 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377102.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377102.mp3 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 11:2 Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. 11:9 By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 11:10 For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11:11 By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old--and Sarah herself was barren--because he considered him faithful who had promised. 11:12 Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, "as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore." 11:13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, 11:14 for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 11:15 If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. 11:16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE179 - " By Faith -Run Your Race" Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 11:2 Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. 11:9 By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 11:10 For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11:11 By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old--and Sarah herself was barren--because he considered him faithful who had promised. 11:12 Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, "as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore." 11:13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, 11:14 for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 11:15 If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. 11:16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore 19:31 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377101.mp3 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377101.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-377101.mp3 Luke 12:32-40 12:32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 12:33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 12:34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 12:35 "Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 12:36 be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. 12:37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. 12:38 If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. 12:39 "But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 12:40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE178 - "By Faith Just be Ready" Luke 12:32-40 12:32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 12:33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 12:34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 12:35 "Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 12:36 be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. 12:37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. 12:38 If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. 12:39 "But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 12:40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour." 24:44 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370130.mp3 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370130.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370130.mp3 12:13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." 12:14 But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" 12:15 And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." 12:16 Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 12:17 And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 12:18 Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19 And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' 12:20 But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' 12:21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE177 " No Fool Here " 12:13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." 12:14 But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" 12:15 And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." 12:16 Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 12:17 And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 12:18 Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19 And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' 12:20 But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' 12:21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God." 26:29 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370129.mp3 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370129.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370129.mp3 Luke 10:25-37 10:25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 10:26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?" 10:27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 10:28 And he said to him, "You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live." 10:29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 10:30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 10:32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 10:33 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 10:34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.' 10:36 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" 10:37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." [return to top] Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE176 - " Who Is My Neighbor " Luke 10:25-37 10:25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 10:26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?" 10:27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 10:28 And he said to him, "You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live." 10:29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 10:30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 10:32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 10:33 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 10:34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.' 10:36 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" 10:37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." [return to top] 30:00 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370128.mp3 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370128.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-370128.mp3 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 10:2 He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 10:3 Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. 10:4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. 10:5 Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house!' 10:6 And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. 10:7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. 10:8 Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; 10:9 cure the sick who are there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10:10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 10:11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.' 10:16 "Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." 10:17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!" 10:18 He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. 10:19 See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE175 -"Reap & SOW" Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 10:2 He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 10:3 Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. 10:4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. 10:5 Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house!' 10:6 And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. 10:7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. 10:8 Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; 10:9 cure the sick who are there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10:10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 10:11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.' 10:16 "Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." 10:17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!" 10:18 He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. 10:19 See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." 28:41 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-367212.mp3 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-367212.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-367212.mp3 Luke 9:51-62 9:51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 9:52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; 9:53 but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 9:54 When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 9:55 But he turned and rebuked them. 9:56 Then they went on to another village. 9:57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 9:58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 9:59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 9:60 But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 9:61 Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 9:62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." [return to top] Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE174 -Live by the Spirit1 Luke 9:51-62 9:51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 9:52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; 9:53 but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 9:54 When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 9:55 But he turned and rebuked them. 9:56 Then they went on to another village. 9:57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 9:58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 9:59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 9:60 But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 9:61 Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 9:62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." [return to top] 20:57 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-367211.mp3 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-367211.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-367211.mp3 Luke 8:26-39 8:26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 8:27 As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me"-- 8:29 for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) 8:30 Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. 8:31 They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss. 8:32 Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 8:33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. 8:34 When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. 8:35 Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 8:36 Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. 8:37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 8:38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39 "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE173 - "Daddy Said & It Was Done" Luke 8:26-39 8:26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 8:27 As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me"-- 8:29 for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) 8:30 Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. 8:31 They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss. 8:32 Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 8:33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. 8:34 When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. 8:35 Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 8:36 Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. 8:37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 8:38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39 "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him. 28:44 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-364737.mp3 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-364737.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-364737.mp3 Luke 7:36-8:3 7:36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. 7:37 And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 7:38 She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment. 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him--that she is a sinner." 7:40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Teacher," he replied, "Speak." 7:41 "A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 7:42 When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?" 7:43 Simon answered, "I suppose the one for whom he canceled the greater debt." And Jesus said to him, "You have judged rightly." 7:44 Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 7:45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. 7:46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 7:47 Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." 7:48 Then he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 7:49 But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 7:50 And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." 8:1 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, 8:2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 8:3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE172 - "New Beginnings " Luke 7:36-8:3 7:36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. 7:37 And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 7:38 She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment. 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him--that she is a sinner." 7:40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Teacher," he replied, "Speak." 7:41 "A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 7:42 When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?" 7:43 Simon answered, "I suppose the one for whom he canceled the greater debt." And Jesus said to him, "You have judged rightly." 7:44 Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 7:45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. 7:46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 7:47 Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." 7:48 Then he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 7:49 But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 7:50 And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." 8:1 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, 8:2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 8:3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. 23:45 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-362034.mp3 Sat, 29 May 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-362034.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-362034.mp3 Graduation Sermon 2010 At St.Mary's Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE171 "There is Still More To Come" Graduation Sermon 2010 At St.Mary's 23:37 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-353711.mp3 Sun, 16 May 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-353711.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-353711.mp3 The celebration of Pentecost Sunday reminds us of the reality that we are all have the unifying Spirit that was poured out upon the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. It is a reminder that we are co-heirs with Christ, to suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him; that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7); that we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13); and that the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead lives inside believers (Romans 8:9-11). This gift of the Holy Spirit that was promised and given to all believers on the first Pentecost is promised for you and your children and for all who are far off whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2:39). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE166 - "What is Pentecost" The celebration of Pentecost Sunday reminds us of the reality that we are all have the unifying Spirit that was poured out upon the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. It is a reminder that we are co-heirs with Christ, to suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him; that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7); that we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13); and that the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead lives inside believers (Romans 8:9-11). This gift of the Holy Spirit that was promised and given to all believers on the first Pentecost is promised for you and your children and for all who are far off whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2:39). 12:54 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-354121.mp3 Wed, 05 May 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-354121.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-354121.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE167 - "Ways to Pray" 14:11 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-355605.mp3 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-355605.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-355605.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE169 - "Can You Hear Me Now" 25:33 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-353151.mp3 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-353151.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-353151.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE165 - " Let's Go Fishing " 29:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-354143.mp3 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-354143.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-354143.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE168 - "50 Days of Easter 2010" 14:04 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-343044.mp3 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-343044.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-343044.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE164 - "Jesus is Up! Subtitle: All Shook Up!" 28:37 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-342951.mp3 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-342951.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-342951.mp3 THE FOURTH WORD Mark 15: 33-34 -- And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Elo-i, elo-i, lama sabach-thani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE163 - "Why Ask Why" THE FOURTH WORD Mark 15: 33-34 -- And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Elo-i, elo-i, lama sabach-thani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" 11:47 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-340864.mp3 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-340864.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-340864.mp3 ART -- PRAYER Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 Compassionate God, your love finds full expression in the gift of Jesus Christ your Son, who willingly met betrayal and death to set us free from sin. Give us courage to live obediently in these days until we greet the glory of our risen Savior. Amen. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE162 - "Things can Change" ART -- PRAYER Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 Compassionate God, your love finds full expression in the gift of Jesus Christ your Son, who willingly met betrayal and death to set us free from sin. Give us courage to live obediently in these days until we greet the glory of our risen Savior. Amen. 27:44 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-326238.mp3 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-326238.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-326238.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE161 - "Pass The Test" 33:22 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-323737.mp3 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-323737.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-323737.mp3 Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.  Ash Wednesday emphasizes two themes: our sinfulness before God and our human mortality.  The service focuses on both themes, helping us to realize that both have been triumphed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshiper's heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at the death of Jesus, but also places the worshipper in a position to realize the consequences of sin. (See Reflections on Ash Wednesday). Ash Wednesday is a somber day of reflection on what needs to change in our lives if we are to be fully Christian. In the early church, ashes were not offered to everyone but were only used to mark the forehead of worshipers who had made public confession of sin and sought to be restored to the fellowship of the community at the Easter celebration. However, over the years others began to show their humility and identification with the penitents by asking that they, too, be marked as sinners. Finally, the imposition of ashes was extended to the whole congregation in services similar to those that are now observed in many Christian churches on Ash Wednesday. Ashes became symbolic of that attitude of penitence reflected in the Lord's prayer: forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. (Luke 11:4, NRSV). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE160 - "Ash Wednesday" Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.  Ash Wednesday emphasizes two themes: our sinfulness before God and our human mortality.  The service focuses on both themes, helping us to realize that both have been triumphed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshiper's heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at the death of Jesus, but also places the worshipper in a position to realize the consequences of sin. (See Reflections on Ash Wednesday). Ash Wednesday is a somber day of reflection on what needs to change in our lives if we are to be fully Christian. In the early church, ashes were not offered to everyone but were only used to mark the forehead of worshipers who had made public confession of sin and sought to be restored to the fellowship of the community at the Easter celebration. However, over the years others began to show their humility and identification with the penitents by asking that they, too, be marked as sinners. Finally, the imposition of ashes was extended to the whole congregation in services similar to those that are now observed in many Christian churches on Ash Wednesday. Ashes became symbolic of that attitude of penitence reflected in the Lord's prayer: forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. (Luke 11:4, NRSV). 13:36 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-305102.mp3 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-305102.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-305102.mp3 Epiphany is the climax of the Advent/Christmas Season and the Twelve Days of Christmas, which are usually counted from the evening of December 25th until the morning of January 6th, which is the Twelfth Day. In Hispanic and Latin culture, as well as some places in Europe, it is known as Three Kingsâ?? Day(Span: el Dia de los Tres Reyes, la Fiesta de Reyes, or el Dia de los Reyes Magos; Dutch: Driekoningendag). Because of differences in church calendars, mainly between the Eastern Orthodox and the western Catholic and Protestant traditions, both Christmas and Epiphany have been observed at different times in the past. Today, most of the Eastern Orthodox traditions follow the western church calendar. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE156 - "A New Way" Epiphany is the climax of the Advent/Christmas Season and the Twelve Days of Christmas, which are usually counted from the evening of December 25th until the morning of January 6th, which is the Twelfth Day. In Hispanic and Latin culture, as well as some places in Europe, it is known as Three Kingsâ?? Day(Span: el Dia de los Tres Reyes, la Fiesta de Reyes, or el Dia de los Reyes Magos; Dutch: Driekoningendag). Because of differences in church calendars, mainly between the Eastern Orthodox and the western Catholic and Protestant traditions, both Christmas and Epiphany have been observed at different times in the past. Today, most of the Eastern Orthodox traditions follow the western church calendar. 24:03 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-306860.mp3 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-306860.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-306860.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE155 - "Reflections"Pastor King's Sermon Archives 20:09 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-305176.mp3 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-305176.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-305176.mp3 Pastor King's Sermon Archives- Let us await the arrival of our King with love during this holy season and experience spirit-filled preaching by clicking the highlighted sermons. How does love fit into our spiritual waiting during the Advent Season? Consider studying the messages of love and glory in the book of Luke, which guides our journey throughout Lectionary Year B. May we embrace the Holy Spirit through passionate worship and extend radical hospitality to all. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE154 - "Encouraging Faith on Christmas Day" Pastor King's Sermon Archives- Let us await the arrival of our King with love during this holy season and experience spirit-filled preaching by clicking the highlighted sermons. How does love fit into our spiritual waiting during the Advent Season? Consider studying the messages of love and glory in the book of Luke, which guides our journey throughout Lectionary Year B. May we embrace the Holy Spirit through passionate worship and extend radical hospitality to all. 13:46 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-302885.mp3 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-302885.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-302885.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE153 - "PEACE" Pastor King's Sermon Archives 22:30 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-300933.mp3 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-300933.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-300933.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE152 - "JOY" Pastor King's Sermon Archives 25:55 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-299324.mp3 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-299324.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-299324.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE151- "WAY" Pastor King's Sermon Archives 24:44 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-293190.mp3 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-293190.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-293190.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE150 - "HOPE" Pastor King's Sermon Archives 31:36 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-421133.mp3 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-421133.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-421133.mp3 "Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness." Psalm 107:8-9 "Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?" Psalm 106:1-2 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE195 - " Reflections on Thanksgiving" "Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness." Psalm 107:8-9 "Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?" Psalm 106:1-2 16:55 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-295596.mp3 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-295596.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-295596.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE149-Transformed:More Than Meets Th Eye Pastor King's Sermon Archives 32:49 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-293189.mp3 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-293189.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-293189.mp3 Matthew 9:35-38 (The Message) 35-38Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and villages. He taught in their meeting places, reported kingdom news, and healed their diseased bodies, healed their bruised and hurt lives. When he looked out over the crowds, his heart broke. So confused and aimless they were, like sheep with no shepherd. "What a huge harvest!" he said to his disciples. "How few workers! On your knees and pray for harvest hands!" Luke 10 Lambs in a Wolf Pack 1-2Later the Master selected seventy and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go. He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE148 - "Harvest Time" Matthew 9:35-38 (The Message) 35-38Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and villages. He taught in their meeting places, reported kingdom news, and healed their diseased bodies, healed their bruised and hurt lives. When he looked out over the crowds, his heart broke. So confused and aimless they were, like sheep with no shepherd. "What a huge harvest!" he said to his disciples. "How few workers! On your knees and pray for harvest hands!" Luke 10 Lambs in a Wolf Pack 1-2Later the Master selected seventy and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go. He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands. 25:52 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-290295.mp3 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-290295.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-290295.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE147 - "Legacy Building" Pastor King's Sermon Archives 18:03 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-287460.mp3 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-287460.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-287460.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE146 -"Stay Focused" Pastor King's Sermon Archives 23:37 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-276057.mp3 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-276057.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-276057.mp3 The Rich Man 17 As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, â??Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?â?? 18 â??Why do you call me good?â?? Jesus asked. â??Only God is truly good. 19 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: â??You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.â??[a]â?? 20 â??Teacher,â?? the man replied, â??Iâ??ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.â?? 21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. â??There is still one thing you havenâ??t done,â?? he told him. â??Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.â?? 22 At this the manâ??s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. 23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, â??How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!â?? 24 This amazed them. But Jesus said again, â??Dear children, it is very hard[b] to enter the Kingdom of God. 25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!â?? 26 The disciples were astounded. â??Then who in the world can be saved?â?? they asked. 27 Jesus looked at them intently and said, â??Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.â?? 28 Then Peter began to speak up. â??Weâ??ve given up everything to follow you,â?? he said. 29 â??Yes,â?? Jesus replied, â??and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, 30 will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and propertyâ??along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life. 31 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.[c]â?? Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE145 - "All things Are Possible" The Rich Man 17 As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, â??Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?â?? 18 â??Why do you call me good?â?? Jesus asked. â??Only God is truly good. 19 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: â??You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.â??[a]â?? 20 â??Teacher,â?? the man replied, â??Iâ??ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.â?? 21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. â??There is still one thing you havenâ??t done,â?? he told him. â??Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.â?? 22 At this the manâ??s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. 23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, â??How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!â?? 24 This amazed them. But Jesus said again, â??Dear children, it is very hard[b] to enter the Kingdom of God. 25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!â?? 26 The disciples were astounded. â??Then who in the world can be saved?â?? they asked. 27 Jesus looked at them intently and said, â??Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.â?? 28 Then Peter began to speak up. â??Weâ??ve given up everything to follow you,â?? he said. 29 â??Yes,â?? Jesus replied, â??and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, 30 will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and propertyâ??along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life. 31 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.[c]â?? 26:12 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-276045.mp3 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-276045.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-276045.mp3 Psalm 26 and Hebrews 2: 5-12 The Salvation Pioneer 5-9God didn't put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we're dealing with here. It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way? You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden's dawn light; Then you put them in charge of your entire handcrafted world. When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don't see it yet, don't see everything under human jurisdiction. What we do see is Jesus, made "not quite as high as angels," and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory "bright with Eden's dawn light." In that death, by God's grace, he fully experienced death in every person's place. 10-13It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn't hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I'll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I'll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I'm here with the children God gave me. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE144 - "The Walk Test" Psalm 26 and Hebrews 2: 5-12 The Salvation Pioneer 5-9God didn't put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we're dealing with here. It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way? You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden's dawn light; Then you put them in charge of your entire handcrafted world. When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don't see it yet, don't see everything under human jurisdiction. What we do see is Jesus, made "not quite as high as angels," and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory "bright with Eden's dawn light." In that death, by God's grace, he fully experienced death in every person's place. 10-13It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn't hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I'll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I'll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I'm here with the children God gave me. 22:55 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-273218.mp3 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-273218.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-273218.mp3 James 5:13-20 (The Message) Prayer to Be Reckoned With 13-15Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgivenâ??healed inside and out. 16-18Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn'tâ??not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again. 19-20My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE143 - "Stretch 2 Build: C.I.A" James 5:13-20 (The Message) Prayer to Be Reckoned With 13-15Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgivenâ??healed inside and out. 16-18Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn'tâ??not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again. 19-20My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God. 33:13 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-267633.mp3 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-267633.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-267633.mp3 When You Open Your Mouth 1-2Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you'd have a perfect person, in perfect control of life. 3-5A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anythingâ??or destroy it! 5-6It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. 7-10This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can't tame a tongueâ??it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! 10-12My friends, this can't go on. A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you? Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE142 - " Our Talk " When You Open Your Mouth 1-2Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you'd have a perfect person, in perfect control of life. 3-5A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anythingâ??or destroy it! 5-6It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. 7-10This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can't tame a tongueâ??it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! 10-12My friends, this can't go on. A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you? 33:23 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-255052.mp3 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-255052.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-255052.mp3 James 1: 22-24 Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE141-Look in the Mirror! James 1: 22-24 Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like. 30:08 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-259906.mp3 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-259906.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-259906.mp3 So put on all of God's armor. Evil days will come. But you will be able to stand up to anything. And after you have done everything you can, you will still be standing. 14 So stand firm. Put the belt of truth around your waist. Put the armor of godliness on your chest. 15 Wear on your feet what will prepare you to tell the good news of peace. 16 Also, pick up the shield of faith. With it you can put out all of the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Put on the helmet of salvation. And take the sword of the Holy Spirit. The sword is God's word. 18 At all times, pray by the power of the Spirit. Pray all kinds of prayers. Be watchful, so that you can pray. Always keep on praying for all of God's people. 19 Pray also for me. Pray that when I open my mouth, the right words will be given to me. Then I can be bold as I tell the mystery of the good news. 20 Because of the good news, I am being held by chains as the Lord's messenger. So pray that I will be bold as I preach the good news. That's what I should do. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE142 - "Get Our Armor On!" So put on all of God's armor. Evil days will come. But you will be able to stand up to anything. And after you have done everything you can, you will still be standing. 14 So stand firm. Put the belt of truth around your waist. Put the armor of godliness on your chest. 15 Wear on your feet what will prepare you to tell the good news of peace. 16 Also, pick up the shield of faith. With it you can put out all of the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Put on the helmet of salvation. And take the sword of the Holy Spirit. The sword is God's word. 18 At all times, pray by the power of the Spirit. Pray all kinds of prayers. Be watchful, so that you can pray. Always keep on praying for all of God's people. 19 Pray also for me. Pray that when I open my mouth, the right words will be given to me. Then I can be bold as I tell the mystery of the good news. 20 Because of the good news, I am being held by chains as the Lord's messenger. So pray that I will be bold as I preach the good news. That's what I should do. 23:08 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-257489.mp3 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-257489.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-257489.mp3 11-16Don't waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It's a scandal when people waste their lives on things they must do in the darkness where no one will see. Rip the cover off those frauds and see how attractive they look in the light of Christ. Wake up from your sleep, Climb out of your coffins; Christ will show you the light! So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! 17Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants. 18-20Don't drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him. Sing hymns instead of drinking songs! Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE140- " Wise UP!" 11-16Don't waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It's a scandal when people waste their lives on things they must do in the darkness where no one will see. Rip the cover off those frauds and see how attractive they look in the light of Christ. Wake up from your sleep, Climb out of your coffins; Christ will show you the light! So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! 17Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants. 18-20Don't drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him. Sing hymns instead of drinking songs! Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ. 30:19 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-254918.mp3 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-254918.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-254918.mp3 Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.] And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE139 - " Who is I AM ? " Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.] And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 25:28 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-252473.mp3 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-252473.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-252473.mp3 27"Don't waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work for the food that sticks with you, food that nourishes your lasting life, food the Son of Man provides. He and what he does are guaranteed by God the Father to last." 28To that they said, "Well, what do we do then to get in on God's works?" 29Jesus said, "Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God's works." 30-31They waffled: "Why don't you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what's going on? When we see what's up, we'll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do. Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32-33Jesus responded, "The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread. The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world." 34They jumped at that: "Master, give us this bread, now and forever!" 35-38Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don't really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don't let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE138 -" Full or Hungry...Where are we? " 27"Don't waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work for the food that sticks with you, food that nourishes your lasting life, food the Son of Man provides. He and what he does are guaranteed by God the Father to last." 28To that they said, "Well, what do we do then to get in on God's works?" 29Jesus said, "Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God's works." 30-31They waffled: "Why don't you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what's going on? When we see what's up, we'll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do. Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32-33Jesus responded, "The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread. The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world." 34They jumped at that: "Master, give us this bread, now and forever!" 35-38Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don't really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don't let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me. 28:11 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-249788.mp3 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-249788.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-249788.mp3 1-4After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews. 5-6When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread to feed these people?" He said this to stretch Philip's faith. He already knew what he was going to do. 7Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece." 8-9One of the disciplesâ??it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peterâ??said, "There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that's a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this." 10-11Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them. Then Jesus took the bread and, having given thanks, gave it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as much as they wanted. 12-13When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted." They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves. 14-15The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done. They said, "This is the Prophet for sure, God's Prophet right here in Galilee!" Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE120 - "Living Our Soundtrack" 1-4After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews. 5-6When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread to feed these people?" He said this to stretch Philip's faith. He already knew what he was going to do. 7Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece." 8-9One of the disciplesâ??it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peterâ??said, "There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that's a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this." 10-11Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them. Then Jesus took the bread and, having given thanks, gave it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as much as they wanted. 12-13When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted." They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves. 14-15The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done. They said, "This is the Prophet for sure, God's Prophet right here in Galilee!" Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself. 24:26 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-242174.mp3 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-242174.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-242174.mp3 Just a Carpenter 1-2 He left there and returned to his hometown. His disciples came along. On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the meeting place. He made a real hit, impressing everyone. "We had no idea he was this good!" they said. "How did he get so wise all of a sudden, get such ability?" 3But in the next breath they were cutting him down: "He's just a carpenterâ??Mary's boy. We've known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?" They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further. 4-6Jesus told them, "A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child." Jesus wasn't able to do much of anything thereâ??he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that's all. He couldn't get over their stubbornness. He left and made a circuit of the other villages, teaching. The Twelve 7-8Jesus called the Twelve to him, and sent them out in pairs. He gave them authority and power to deal with the evil opposition. He sent them off with these instructions: 8-9"Don't think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment. No special appeals for funds. Keep it simple. 10"And no luxury inns. Get a modest place and be content there until you leave. 11"If you're not welcomed, not listened to, quietly withdraw. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way." 12-13Then they were on the road. They preached with joyful urgency that life can be radically different; right and left they sent the demons packing; they brought wellness to the sick, anointing their bodies, healing their spirits. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE119 - "The Connection" Just a Carpenter 1-2 He left there and returned to his hometown. His disciples came along. On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the meeting place. He made a real hit, impressing everyone. "We had no idea he was this good!" they said. "How did he get so wise all of a sudden, get such ability?" 3But in the next breath they were cutting him down: "He's just a carpenterâ??Mary's boy. We've known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?" They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further. 4-6Jesus told them, "A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child." Jesus wasn't able to do much of anything thereâ??he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that's all. He couldn't get over their stubbornness. He left and made a circuit of the other villages, teaching. The Twelve 7-8Jesus called the Twelve to him, and sent them out in pairs. He gave them authority and power to deal with the evil opposition. He sent them off with these instructions: 8-9"Don't think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment. No special appeals for funds. Keep it simple. 10"And no luxury inns. Get a modest place and be content there until you leave. 11"If you're not welcomed, not listened to, quietly withdraw. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way." 12-13Then they were on the road. They preached with joyful urgency that life can be radically different; right and left they sent the demons packing; they brought wellness to the sick, anointing their bodies, healing their spirits. 30:56 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-239761.mp3 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-239761.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-239761.mp3 Mark 5:21-43 (The Message) A Risk of Faith 21-24After Jesus crossed over by boat, a large crowd met him at the seaside. One of the meeting-place leaders named Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell to his knees, beside himself as he begged, "My dear daughter is at death's door. Come and lay hands on her so she will get well and live." Jesus went with him, the whole crowd tagging along, pushing and jostling him. 25-29A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve yearsâ??a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than beforeâ??had heard about Jesus. She slipped in from behind and touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, "If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well." The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with. 30At the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from him. He turned around to the crowd and asked, "Who touched my robe?" 31His disciples said, "What are you talking about? With this crowd pushing and jostling you, you're asking, 'Who touched me?' Dozens have touched you!" 32-33But he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it. The woman, knowing what had happened, knowing she was the one, stepped up in fear and trembling, knelt before him, and gave him the whole story. 34Jesus said to her, "Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you're healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague." 35While he was still talking, some people came from the leader's house and told him, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?" 36Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, "Don't listen to them; just trust me." 37-40He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John. They entered the leader's house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles. Jesus was abrupt: "Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn't dead; she's sleeping." Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn't know what he was talking about. 40-43But when he had sent them all out, he took the child's father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child's room. He clasped the girl's hand and said, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, get up." At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy. He gave them strict orders that no one was to know what had taken place in that room. Then he said, "Give her something to eat." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE118 - "Faith Heals!" Mark 5:21-43 (The Message) A Risk of Faith 21-24After Jesus crossed over by boat, a large crowd met him at the seaside. One of the meeting-place leaders named Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell to his knees, beside himself as he begged, "My dear daughter is at death's door. Come and lay hands on her so she will get well and live." Jesus went with him, the whole crowd tagging along, pushing and jostling him. 25-29A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve yearsâ??a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than beforeâ??had heard about Jesus. She slipped in from behind and touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, "If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well." The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with. 30At the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from him. He turned around to the crowd and asked, "Who touched my robe?" 31His disciples said, "What are you talking about? With this crowd pushing and jostling you, you're asking, 'Who touched me?' Dozens have touched you!" 32-33But he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it. The woman, knowing what had happened, knowing she was the one, stepped up in fear and trembling, knelt before him, and gave him the whole story. 34Jesus said to her, "Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you're healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague." 35While he was still talking, some people came from the leader's house and told him, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?" 36Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, "Don't listen to them; just trust me." 37-40He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John. They entered the leader's house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles. Jesus was abrupt: "Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn't dead; she's sleeping." Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn't know what he was talking about. 40-43But when he had sent them all out, he took the child's father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child's room. He clasped the girl's hand and said, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, get up." At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy. He gave them strict orders that no one was to know what had taken place in that room. Then he said, "Give her something to eat." 28:01 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-237526.mp3 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-237526.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-237526.mp3 Mark 4:35-41 (The Message) The Wind Ran Out of Breath 35-38Late that day he said to them, "Let's go across to the other side." They took him in the boat as he was. Other boats came along. A huge storm came up. Waves poured into the boat, threatening to sink it. And Jesus was in the stern, head on a pillow, sleeping! They roused him, saying, "Teacher, is it nothing to you that we're going down?" 39-40Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, "Quiet! Settle down!" The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith at all?" 41They were in absolute awe, staggered. "Who is this, anyway?" they asked. "Wind and sea at his beck and call!" Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE117 - "Who is Fighting 4 U" Mark 4:35-41 (The Message) The Wind Ran Out of Breath 35-38Late that day he said to them, "Let's go across to the other side." They took him in the boat as he was. Other boats came along. A huge storm came up. Waves poured into the boat, threatening to sink it. And Jesus was in the stern, head on a pillow, sleeping! They roused him, saying, "Teacher, is it nothing to you that we're going down?" 39-40Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, "Quiet! Settle down!" The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith at all?" 41They were in absolute awe, staggered. "Who is this, anyway?" they asked. "Wind and sea at his beck and call!" 32:11 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-230118.mp3 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-230118.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-230118.mp3 Mark 4:30-32 (NASB) And He said, "How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 "It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE116 - "The Everyday Harvest" Mark 4:30-32 (NASB) And He said, "How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 "It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE." 29:14 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-232570.mp3 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-232570.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-232570.mp3 WHAT IS TRINITY SUNDAY? The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Festival of the Holy Trinity. On this day, the church rejoices in the impenetrable mystery that God is triune (three-in-one) -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How the Lord can be one God in three distinct persons is completely beyond the ability of any human to understand. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians accept this incomprehensible mystery as a fundamental article of faith. How God can be one God in three Persons is a mystery. While it is clearly taught in the Bible (for example, in Matthew 28:18-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:14), it can never be understood or rationalized -- it can only be accepted by faith. Since faith comes only through the Holy Spirit working through the means of grace, it is appropriate that this glorious mystery is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost, the great festival of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE115 - "N2K Say Yes " WHAT IS TRINITY SUNDAY? The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Festival of the Holy Trinity. On this day, the church rejoices in the impenetrable mystery that God is triune (three-in-one) -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How the Lord can be one God in three distinct persons is completely beyond the ability of any human to understand. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians accept this incomprehensible mystery as a fundamental article of faith. How God can be one God in three Persons is a mystery. While it is clearly taught in the Bible (for example, in Matthew 28:18-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:14), it can never be understood or rationalized -- it can only be accepted by faith. Since faith comes only through the Holy Spirit working through the means of grace, it is appropriate that this glorious mystery is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost, the great festival of the coming of the Holy Spirit. 26:52 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-230117.mp3 Sun, 31 May 2009 16:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-230117.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-230117.mp3 Today, in many Christian churches, Pentecost Sunday is celebrated to recognize the gift of the Holy Spirit, realizing that Godâ??s very life, breath and energy lives in believers. During this service, John 20:19-23 may be the core of the message about our risen Savior supernaturally appearing to the fear-laden disciples. The celebration of Pentecost Sunday reminds us of the reality that we are all have the unifying Spirit that was poured out upon the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. It is a reminder that we are co-heirs with Christ, to suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him; that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7); that we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13); and that the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead lives inside believers (Romans 8:9-11). This gift of the Holy Spirit that was promised and given to all believers on the first Pentecost is promised for you and your children and for all who are far off whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2:39). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE114 - "Grab Hold " Today, in many Christian churches, Pentecost Sunday is celebrated to recognize the gift of the Holy Spirit, realizing that Godâ??s very life, breath and energy lives in believers. During this service, John 20:19-23 may be the core of the message about our risen Savior supernaturally appearing to the fear-laden disciples. The celebration of Pentecost Sunday reminds us of the reality that we are all have the unifying Spirit that was poured out upon the first century church in Acts 2:1-4. It is a reminder that we are co-heirs with Christ, to suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him; that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7); that we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13); and that the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead lives inside believers (Romans 8:9-11). This gift of the Holy Spirit that was promised and given to all believers on the first Pentecost is promised for you and your children and for all who are far off whom the Lord our God will call (Acts 2:39). 27:23 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-229354.mp3 Thu, 28 May 2009 22:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-229354.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-229354.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE113 - "Reflections 0n Pentecos" 13:51 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-222652.mp3 Sun, 24 May 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-222652.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-222652.mp3 1 John 5:9-13 (The Message) 9-10If we take human testimony at face value, how much more should we be reassured when God gives testimony as he does here, testifying concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God's testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God's own testimony regarding his Son. 11-12This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. The Reality, Not the Illusion 13-15My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion. And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening. And if we're confident that he's listening, we know that what we've asked for is as good as ours. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE112 "What a Testimony" 1 John 5:9-13 (The Message) 9-10If we take human testimony at face value, how much more should we be reassured when God gives testimony as he does here, testifying concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God's testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God's own testimony regarding his Son. 11-12This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. The Reality, Not the Illusion 13-15My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion. And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening. And if we're confident that he's listening, we know that what we've asked for is as good as ours. 24:46 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-225353.mp3 Sun, 17 May 2009 15:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-225353.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-225353.mp3 Psalm 98 1 Sing to God a brand-new song. He's made a world of wonders! He rolled up his sleeves, He set things right. 2 God made history with salvation, He showed the world what he could do. 3 He remembered to love us, a bonus To his dear family, Israelâ??indefatigable love. The whole earth comes to attention. Lookâ??God's work of salvation! 4 Shout your praises to God, everybody! Let loose and sing! Strike up the band! 5 Round up an orchestra to play for God, Add on a hundred-voice choir. 6 Feature trumpets and big trombones, Fill the air with praises to King God. 7 Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause, With everything living on earth joining in. 8 Let ocean breakers call out, "Encore!" And mountains harmonize the finaleâ?? 9 A tribute to God when he comes, When he comes to set the earth right. He'll straighten out the whole world, He'll put the world right, and everyone in it. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE111 - "Fill the Spirit" Psalm 98 1 Sing to God a brand-new song. He's made a world of wonders! He rolled up his sleeves, He set things right. 2 God made history with salvation, He showed the world what he could do. 3 He remembered to love us, a bonus To his dear family, Israelâ??indefatigable love. The whole earth comes to attention. Lookâ??God's work of salvation! 4 Shout your praises to God, everybody! Let loose and sing! Strike up the band! 5 Round up an orchestra to play for God, Add on a hundred-voice choir. 6 Feature trumpets and big trombones, Fill the air with praises to King God. 7 Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause, With everything living on earth joining in. 8 Let ocean breakers call out, "Encore!" And mountains harmonize the finaleâ?? 9 A tribute to God when he comes, When he comes to set the earth right. He'll straighten out the whole world, He'll put the world right, and everyone in it. 22:53 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214278.mp3 Sun, 10 May 2009 18:22:54 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214278.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214278.mp3 God Is Love 7-10My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is loveâ??so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking aboutâ??not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God. 11-12My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in usâ??perfect love! 13-16This is how we know we're living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He's given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. Also, we've seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses that Jesus is God's Son participates continuously in an intimate relationship with God. We know it so well, we've embraced it heart and soul, this love that comes from God. To Love, to Be Loved 17-18God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgment Dayâ??our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful lifeâ??fear of death, fear of judgmentâ??is one not yet fully formed in love. 19We, though, are going to loveâ??love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. 20-21If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE110 - "Abiding Love" God Is Love 7-10My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is loveâ??so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking aboutâ??not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God. 11-12My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in usâ??perfect love! 13-16This is how we know we're living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He's given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. Also, we've seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses that Jesus is God's Son participates continuously in an intimate relationship with God. We know it so well, we've embraced it heart and soul, this love that comes from God. To Love, to Be Loved 17-18God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgment Dayâ??our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful lifeâ??fear of death, fear of judgmentâ??is one not yet fully formed in love. 19We, though, are going to loveâ??love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. 20-21If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both. 36:02 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-220248.mp3 Sun, 03 May 2009 16:30:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-220248.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-220248.mp3 John 10:11-18 (The Message) 11-13"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He's only in it for the money. The sheep don't matter to him. 14-18"I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They'll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE109 "Known & Unknowns" John 10:11-18 (The Message) 11-13"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He's only in it for the money. The sheep don't matter to him. 14-18"I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They'll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father." 27:09 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-217944.mp3 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-217944.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-217944.mp3 1 John 3:1-7 (The Message) 1 What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at itâ??we're called children of God! That's who we really are. But that's also why the world doesn't recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he's up to. 2-3But friends, that's exactly who we are: children of God. And that's only the beginning. Who knows how we'll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we'll see himâ??and in seeing him, become like him. All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus' life as a model for our own. 4-6All who indulge in a sinful life are dangerously lawless, for sin is a major disruption of God's order. Surely you know that Christ showed up in order to get rid of sin. There is no sin in him, and sin is not part of his program. No one who lives deeply in Christ makes a practice of sin. None of those who do practice sin have taken a good look at Christ. They've got him all backward. 7-8So, my dear children, don't let anyone divert you from the truth. It's the person who acts right who is right, just as we see it lived out in our righteous Messiah. Those who make a practice of sin are straight from the Devil, the pioneer in the practice of sin. The Son of God entered the scene to abolish the Devil's ways. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE108 - "Get It Straight" 1 John 3:1-7 (The Message) 1 What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at itâ??we're called children of God! That's who we really are. But that's also why the world doesn't recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he's up to. 2-3But friends, that's exactly who we are: children of God. And that's only the beginning. Who knows how we'll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we'll see himâ??and in seeing him, become like him. All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus' life as a model for our own. 4-6All who indulge in a sinful life are dangerously lawless, for sin is a major disruption of God's order. Surely you know that Christ showed up in order to get rid of sin. There is no sin in him, and sin is not part of his program. No one who lives deeply in Christ makes a practice of sin. None of those who do practice sin have taken a good look at Christ. They've got him all backward. 7-8So, my dear children, don't let anyone divert you from the truth. It's the person who acts right who is right, just as we see it lived out in our righteous Messiah. Those who make a practice of sin are straight from the Devil, the pioneer in the practice of sin. The Son of God entered the scene to abolish the Devil's ways. 25:24 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-215573.mp3 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-215573.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-215573.mp3 Easter: 50 Days & Sundays, too Easter Day is certainly the most important day of the church year. The celebration of Easter begins during the Great Vigil of Easter after nightfall on Holy Saturday, continues through Easter Sunday and into the Easter season, a full 50 days, until Pentecost. The Great 50 Days of Easter are a wonderful opportunity to explore and celebrate Easter more fully than we can possibly squeeze into a single day. A wonderful part of the richness of Easter to enjoy with children is light and candles. From the first fire, lit before the beginning of the Easter vigil, to the Paschal candle, the altar candles, and our baptismal candles, light is a sign and symbol that can be enjoyed and noticed to lay the groundwork for later intellectual understanding. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE107 - "Is It Real ? " Easter: 50 Days & Sundays, too Easter Day is certainly the most important day of the church year. The celebration of Easter begins during the Great Vigil of Easter after nightfall on Holy Saturday, continues through Easter Sunday and into the Easter season, a full 50 days, until Pentecost. The Great 50 Days of Easter are a wonderful opportunity to explore and celebrate Easter more fully than we can possibly squeeze into a single day. A wonderful part of the richness of Easter to enjoy with children is light and candles. From the first fire, lit before the beginning of the Easter vigil, to the Paschal candle, the altar candles, and our baptismal candles, light is a sign and symbol that can be enjoyed and noticed to lay the groundwork for later intellectual understanding. 29:36 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214277.mp3 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:00:11 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214277.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214277.mp3 ust as Sunday is the first and the eighth day, so the "great Sunday" of the fifty days of Eastertide/Pentecost begins with the day of the resurrection and continues through eight Sundays, an octave of Sundays, a "week of weeks." It has been suggested that the English expression "Whitsunday" derives from the French huit (eight), Pentecost being le huitième dimanche, the eighth Sunday of Easter. In the Fourth Gospel, the risen Christ imparts the gift of the Spirit on the evening of Easter Day (John 20:19-23). The Spirit is the gift of the risen Christ. And so in the Easter Season, this "Pentecost Season," we listen to the farewell discourses, with their promise of the coming Advocate, as words to us from the risen Christ. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE106 - "50 Days of Easter" ust as Sunday is the first and the eighth day, so the "great Sunday" of the fifty days of Eastertide/Pentecost begins with the day of the resurrection and continues through eight Sundays, an octave of Sundays, a "week of weeks." It has been suggested that the English expression "Whitsunday" derives from the French huit (eight), Pentecost being le huitième dimanche, the eighth Sunday of Easter. In the Fourth Gospel, the risen Christ imparts the gift of the Spirit on the evening of Easter Day (John 20:19-23). The Spirit is the gift of the risen Christ. And so in the Easter Season, this "Pentecost Season," we listen to the farewell discourses, with their promise of the coming Advocate, as words to us from the risen Christ. 14:17 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214274.mp3 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:06:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214274.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-214274.mp3 An Easter Prayer (Adapted from The Book of Common Prayer) O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lordâ??s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit. Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection, empowered and transformed by your grace in and among us. O Lord, so stir up in your church, indeed in each of us, that Spirit of adoption and reconciliation that is made possible by your grace revealed in Jesus the Christ, that we being renewed in both body and mind, may worship and serve you in sincerity and truth. We pray this in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE105 - "No Stone Here" An Easter Prayer (Adapted from The Book of Common Prayer) O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lordâ??s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit. Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection, empowered and transformed by your grace in and among us. O Lord, so stir up in your church, indeed in each of us, that Spirit of adoption and reconciliation that is made possible by your grace revealed in Jesus the Christ, that we being renewed in both body and mind, may worship and serve you in sincerity and truth. We pray this in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 18:04 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-211549.mp3 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-211549.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-211549.mp3 Good Friday is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. It is traditionally the day on which Jesus was crucified. Please see our article that discusses the various views on which day Jesus was crucified. Assuming that Jesus was crucified and died on a Friday, should Christians remember by celebrating Good Friday? The Bible does not instruct Christians to remember ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death by honoring a certain day. The Bible does give us freedom in these matters, however. Romans 14:5 tells us, Ã??Ã?¢??One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.Ã??Ã?¢?? The Bible instructs us to remember ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death by observing the LordÃ??Ã?¢??s Supper. First Corinthians 11:26 declares, Ã??Ã?¢??For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.Ã??Ã?¢?? Why is Good Friday referred to as Ã??Ã?¢??goodÃ??Ã?¢??? What the Jewish authorities and Romans did to Jesus was definitely not good (see Matthew chapters 26-27). However, the results of ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death are very good! Romans 5:8, Ã??Ã?¢??But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Ã??Ã?¢?? First Peter 3:18 tells us, Ã??Ã?¢??For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.Ã??Ã?¢?? Many Christian churches celebrate Good Friday with a subdued service, usually in the evening, when ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death is remembered with solemn hymns, prayers of thanksgiving, a message centered on the MessiahÃ??Ã?¢??s suffering for our sakes, and communion. Whether or not Christians choose to Ã??Ã?¢??celebrateÃ??Ã?¢?? Good Friday, the events of that day should be ever on our minds because the death of Christ on the cross is the paramount event of the Christian faith. If you would like to learn more about why Jesus' death on the cross was so Ã??Ã?¢??good,Ã??Ã?¢?? please read the following article: What does it mean to accept Jesus as your personal Savior? Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE104- "Good Friday to Resurrection 2009" Good Friday is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. It is traditionally the day on which Jesus was crucified. Please see our article that discusses the various views on which day Jesus was crucified. Assuming that Jesus was crucified and died on a Friday, should Christians remember by celebrating Good Friday? The Bible does not instruct Christians to remember ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death by honoring a certain day. The Bible does give us freedom in these matters, however. Romans 14:5 tells us, Ã??Ã?¢??One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.Ã??Ã?¢?? The Bible instructs us to remember ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death by observing the LordÃ??Ã?¢??s Supper. First Corinthians 11:26 declares, Ã??Ã?¢??For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.Ã??Ã?¢?? Why is Good Friday referred to as Ã??Ã?¢??goodÃ??Ã?¢??? What the Jewish authorities and Romans did to Jesus was definitely not good (see Matthew chapters 26-27). However, the results of ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death are very good! Romans 5:8, Ã??Ã?¢??But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Ã??Ã?¢?? First Peter 3:18 tells us, Ã??Ã?¢??For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.Ã??Ã?¢?? Many Christian churches celebrate Good Friday with a subdued service, usually in the evening, when ChristÃ??Ã?¢??s death is remembered with solemn hymns, prayers of thanksgiving, a message centered on the MessiahÃ??Ã?¢??s suffering for our sakes, and communion. Whether or not Christians choose to Ã??Ã?¢??celebrateÃ??Ã?¢?? Good Friday, the events of that day should be ever on our minds because the death of Christ on the cross is the paramount event of the Christian faith. If you would like to learn more about why Jesus' death on the cross was so Ã??Ã?¢??good,Ã??Ã?¢?? please read the following article: What does it mean to accept Jesus as your personal Savior? 14:28 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-210218.mp3 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-210218.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-210218.mp3 This was a strange procession. A guy on a donkey. (No doubt the scoffers likened him to that poor animal.) Tagging along with him were a bunch of fishermen, rural herdsmen, and even (shudder) a taxman. A crowd, mostly of just plain folks, got into it. They'd apparently heard about this Jesus of Galilee (v. 11), and had a high regard for him. Maybe this was the man who'd save them from the hands of the Roman conquerors. Maybe this was the man who'd save them from the effects of a chasm that set the keepers of the religious-system Temple apart from the ordinary Jew. Maybe this was the man who'd save them from their own frustration and loss of hope in the God who chose them. So they laid palm branches before him as he went in, and cried out to their (potential) hero, "Save us!" And His first deeds took him along that course just fine, too. He goes to the Temple grounds, to the money changers and the salesmen. It was a real need within a sacrificial system to have ritually-clean animals available to those whose raw poverty or citified lifestyle let them have none of their own. But what happened is the same thing that always happens when the customer is powerless to argue: not only does the price go up, but a system is created to extract much more through the exchange of currency. Jesus struck at this about as directly as he could. Then, Jesus did the sort of thing He had always done: He went around the Temple area preaching and healing the sick. (They must've gathered there desperately in the belief that the God who lived in the Temple might heal them.) And children came out, continuing to call on the heroic descendant of David, "Save us! Save us!" They all had been without hope for so long. If they only knew just how big a task it would be to save them. Or how far God would go to make it happen. The cries of praise would give way to the call for blood, and it would be shed. But not just yet. It was time to celebrate what could be. Father, you have indeed heard the cries of your people, and answered them in an unexpected way. Help us to bear witness to what you have done. Amen. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE103- "Palm Sunday Sermon" This was a strange procession. A guy on a donkey. (No doubt the scoffers likened him to that poor animal.) Tagging along with him were a bunch of fishermen, rural herdsmen, and even (shudder) a taxman. A crowd, mostly of just plain folks, got into it. They'd apparently heard about this Jesus of Galilee (v. 11), and had a high regard for him. Maybe this was the man who'd save them from the hands of the Roman conquerors. Maybe this was the man who'd save them from the effects of a chasm that set the keepers of the religious-system Temple apart from the ordinary Jew. Maybe this was the man who'd save them from their own frustration and loss of hope in the God who chose them. So they laid palm branches before him as he went in, and cried out to their (potential) hero, "Save us!" And His first deeds took him along that course just fine, too. He goes to the Temple grounds, to the money changers and the salesmen. It was a real need within a sacrificial system to have ritually-clean animals available to those whose raw poverty or citified lifestyle let them have none of their own. But what happened is the same thing that always happens when the customer is powerless to argue: not only does the price go up, but a system is created to extract much more through the exchange of currency. Jesus struck at this about as directly as he could. Then, Jesus did the sort of thing He had always done: He went around the Temple area preaching and healing the sick. (They must've gathered there desperately in the belief that the God who lived in the Temple might heal them.) And children came out, continuing to call on the heroic descendant of David, "Save us! Save us!" They all had been without hope for so long. If they only knew just how big a task it would be to save them. Or how far God would go to make it happen. The cries of praise would give way to the call for blood, and it would be shed. But not just yet. It was time to celebrate what could be. Father, you have indeed heard the cries of your people, and answered them in an unexpected way. Help us to bear witness to what you have done. Amen. 30:51 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-203287.mp3 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-203287.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-203287.mp3 John 12:23-32 (The Message) 22-23Philip went and told Andrew. Andrew and Philip together told Jesus. Jesus answered, "Time's up. The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24-25"Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. 26"If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me. Then you'll be where I am, ready to serve at a moment's notice. The Father will honor and reward anyone who serves me. 27-28"Right now I am storm-tossed. And what am I going to say? 'Father, get me out of this'? No, this is why I came in the first place. I'll say, 'Father, put your glory on display.'" A voice came out of the sky: "I have glorified it, and I'll glorify it again." 29The listening crowd said, "Thunder!" Others said, "An angel spoke to him!" 30-33Jesus said, "The voice didn't come for me but for you. At this moment the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the ruler of this world, will be thrown out. And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, will attract everyone to me and gather them around me." He put it this way to show how he was going to be put to death. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE102 - " Be Fruitful: New Giving " John 12:23-32 (The Message) 22-23Philip went and told Andrew. Andrew and Philip together told Jesus. Jesus answered, "Time's up. The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24-25"Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. 26"If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me. Then you'll be where I am, ready to serve at a moment's notice. The Father will honor and reward anyone who serves me. 27-28"Right now I am storm-tossed. And what am I going to say? 'Father, get me out of this'? No, this is why I came in the first place. I'll say, 'Father, put your glory on display.'" A voice came out of the sky: "I have glorified it, and I'll glorify it again." 29The listening crowd said, "Thunder!" Others said, "An angel spoke to him!" 30-33Jesus said, "The voice didn't come for me but for you. At this moment the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the ruler of this world, will be thrown out. And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, will attract everyone to me and gather them around me." He put it this way to show how he was going to be put to death. 35:26 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-205699.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-205699.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-205699.mp3 John 3:14-21 (The Message) 13-15"No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted upâ??and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life. 16-18"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE101 - "Be Fruitful: Serving Well" John 3:14-21 (The Message) 13-15"No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted upâ??and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life. 16-18"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him. 32:26 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198080.mp3 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198080.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198080.mp3 John 2:15-17 (The Message Bible) Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, "Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a shopping mall!" That's when his disciples remembered the Scripture, "Zeal for your house consumes me." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE100 -"Be Fruitful: Spring Cleaning" John 2:15-17 (The Message Bible) Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, "Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a shopping mall!" That's when his disciples remembered the Scripture, "Zeal for your house consumes me." 33:30 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198079.mp3 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198079.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198079.mp3 Jesus warned them to keep it quiet, not to breathe a word of it to anyone. He then began explaining things to them: "It is necessary that the Son of Man proceed to an ordeal of suffering, be tried and found guilty by the elders, high priests, and religion scholars, be killed, and after three days rise up alive." He said this simply and clearly so they couldn't miss it. 32-33But Peter grabbed him in protest. Turning and seeing his disciples wavering, wondering what to believe, Jesus confronted Peter. "Peter, get out of my way! Satan, get lost! You have no idea how God works." 34-37Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat; I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for? 38"If any of you are embarrassed over me and the way I'm leading you when you get around your fickle and unfocused friends, know that you'll be an even greater embarrassment to the Son of Man when he arrives in all the splendor of God, his Father, with an army of the holy angels." Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE99 -"Be Fruitful: Live to Worship" Jesus warned them to keep it quiet, not to breathe a word of it to anyone. He then began explaining things to them: "It is necessary that the Son of Man proceed to an ordeal of suffering, be tried and found guilty by the elders, high priests, and religion scholars, be killed, and after three days rise up alive." He said this simply and clearly so they couldn't miss it. 32-33But Peter grabbed him in protest. Turning and seeing his disciples wavering, wondering what to believe, Jesus confronted Peter. "Peter, get out of my way! Satan, get lost! You have no idea how God works." 34-37Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat; I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for? 38"If any of you are embarrassed over me and the way I'm leading you when you get around your fickle and unfocused friends, know that you'll be an even greater embarrassment to the Son of Man when he arrives in all the splendor of God, his Father, with an army of the holy angels." 35:43 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198078.mp3 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198078.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-198078.mp3 In Genesis 9, God is blessing Noah and his sons, after the flood. At several points, it doesn't sound all that much like a blessing (for instance, in v. 5, God tells them they and the animals will all eventually die). But then, God does something striking: the God of All, the Flood-Maker, the Flood-Remover, is now bound to fragile, small, perishable beings. (This is called a 'covenant', a sort of contract, only, this is one that's declared unilaterally.) The God of the Flood is promising that the earth as a whole and all its creatures, including Noah and his descendents, will never again be destroyed by flood. And the sign of this daring act of solidarity is the rainbow -- the colors that signal the end of the storm, the start of the sunlight. The rainbow is the beautiful natural sign of the arrival of what is hoped for. That was just step 1 in the Creator's promises to the created. More kept being added -- more covenants, with Jacob and David. However, none of these covenants by themselves did much to treat the long-term illness. That took the ultimate act of loving solidarity: God living as a human being. Going through a creaturely life. And going through death, from other creaturely hands. The start of this was to be born. Then, to live out the divine, Spirit-powered mission. A mission that began when John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Indeed, the mission led to death, but then to life again, leading to a covenant that those who follow Jesus would find that when the storm of life itself is over, there is a new day at the end of the rainbow. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE98 - "Be Fruitful: God's Radical Promise" In Genesis 9, God is blessing Noah and his sons, after the flood. At several points, it doesn't sound all that much like a blessing (for instance, in v. 5, God tells them they and the animals will all eventually die). But then, God does something striking: the God of All, the Flood-Maker, the Flood-Remover, is now bound to fragile, small, perishable beings. (This is called a 'covenant', a sort of contract, only, this is one that's declared unilaterally.) The God of the Flood is promising that the earth as a whole and all its creatures, including Noah and his descendents, will never again be destroyed by flood. And the sign of this daring act of solidarity is the rainbow -- the colors that signal the end of the storm, the start of the sunlight. The rainbow is the beautiful natural sign of the arrival of what is hoped for. That was just step 1 in the Creator's promises to the created. More kept being added -- more covenants, with Jacob and David. However, none of these covenants by themselves did much to treat the long-term illness. That took the ultimate act of loving solidarity: God living as a human being. Going through a creaturely life. And going through death, from other creaturely hands. The start of this was to be born. Then, to live out the divine, Spirit-powered mission. A mission that began when John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Indeed, the mission led to death, but then to life again, leading to a covenant that those who follow Jesus would find that when the storm of life itself is over, there is a new day at the end of the rainbow. 31:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-191264.mp3 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-191264.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-191264.mp3 One: God will raise up a prophet, when God needs a courageous word spoken. Like Moses, Richard Allen, Rosa Parks and Alejo Hernandez Many: God will raise up for us a prophet from among us. Like caring coaches, praying teachers, supportive parents, and attentive students. New prophets are being raised up by God! One: God will raise up a prophet to speak God's word to us. God is calling us to listen for truth and live into that Word by faith. Many: Anyone who doesn't listen will have to deal with God. For God will raise up a prophet to speak in our world today. Is it you? Is it me? Raise up the prophet in us to speak truth and worship the Lord thy God! One: We come to worship our Lord who is almighty and worthy to be praised! So let us embrace the Spirit of the Lord as we praise Jesus who lives in us this day. The praise begins now as we celebrate this day that the Lord has made! Let us share GodÃ?¢??s love as we greet one another right now! Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE97 - " Divine Timing: Run Your Race" One: God will raise up a prophet, when God needs a courageous word spoken. Like Moses, Richard Allen, Rosa Parks and Alejo Hernandez Many: God will raise up for us a prophet from among us. Like caring coaches, praying teachers, supportive parents, and attentive students. New prophets are being raised up by God! One: God will raise up a prophet to speak God's word to us. God is calling us to listen for truth and live into that Word by faith. Many: Anyone who doesn't listen will have to deal with God. For God will raise up a prophet to speak in our world today. Is it you? Is it me? Raise up the prophet in us to speak truth and worship the Lord thy God! One: We come to worship our Lord who is almighty and worthy to be praised! So let us embrace the Spirit of the Lord as we praise Jesus who lives in us this day. The praise begins now as we celebrate this day that the Lord has made! Let us share GodÃ?¢??s love as we greet one another right now! 19:22 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-191263.mp3 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-191263.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-191263.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE96 - "Divine Timing Get Things Straight" 37:03 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-188068.mp3 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-188068.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-188068.mp3 Deut. 18: 15-20 and I Cor. 8: 1-3 We are open and our spirits are willing to receive your grace. Help us to let go of all that holds us down and holds us back from your love. Creator of all people around the world, please journey with us now into the places where we live. Let us be a blessing to every path we may cross, and bring us back together when the time is right. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE95 - "Divine Timing: Live Our Truth" Deut. 18: 15-20 and I Cor. 8: 1-3 We are open and our spirits are willing to receive your grace. Help us to let go of all that holds us down and holds us back from your love. Creator of all people around the world, please journey with us now into the places where we live. Let us be a blessing to every path we may cross, and bring us back together when the time is right. 31:46 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-185503.mp3 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-185503.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-185503.mp3 God gave Jonah, a reluctant prophet, a commandment to deliver a message to the wicked people of Ninevah. The very mention of the city of Ninevah, which was the capital of Assyria at the time, would have filled people in Jonah's time with terror, because their memories of the city were filled with bitterness and tyranny. In other words, there were some seedy sinners there. They were into all sorts of bad stuff, like killing, stealing, prostitution, gambling, and so on. Therefore, Jonah couldn't quite get up the nerve to go to Ninevah. Instead, he boarded a ship headed in the exact opposite direction, toward the town of Tarshish. When this boat went to sea, the Lord sent a big storm with high winds, which was threatening to break the boat up into a thousand tiny pieces and kill everyone on board, even those sailors who didn't even know why the Lord had sent the storm. Eventually, they figured out that the storm was happening because of Jonah and his disobedience to a commandment of the Lord. "What have you done to us?" they asked him. Jonah told them he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord. The sailors demanded to know what they should do to Jonah so that God would calm the raging sea and spare their lives. Jonah told them they would have to throw him overboard, "for I know it is because of me that this great storm has come upon you." The sailors weren't exactly thrilled that Jonah wanted them to throw him overboard, because in this storm, they knew it would result in his death. They didn't want to be responsible for the death of another man. Therefore, they tried to row the boat back to shore, but the sea was just too violent. In the end, they had no choice but to throw Jonah overboard, which made the storm end. Man Overboard! Fortunately, the Lord provided a large fish (some people think it was a whale), which swallowed Jonah, who remained safe in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. While he was in the belly of the whale, Jonah gave thanks to God: "As my life was fading away, I remembered you, O Lord. My prayer came to you in your holy temple, and with a voice of thanksgiving, I will make sacrifices to you. I will do exactly what I have promised," Jonah cried out. Then the Lord spoke to the fish, which promptly deposited Jonah on dry land. His life was spared, so the Lord talked to him for a second time. This time, Jonah got up and went to Ninevah, as the Lord had asked. A Second Chance to Deliver the Message When Jonah got to Ninevah, he delivered the message from God, a message that eventually made it to the king's palace. When the king heard that the Lord was planning to destroy Ninevah because of their evil and wickedness, he proclaimed that everyone in the city should not eat or drink anything, including water. "Who knows?" the king cried out to his people. "Maybe God will change his mind and spare us, if we show him that we can change our evil ways and love him instead of all these false gods we have been worshiping all this time." The question is: Would God spare the lives of the people, as he had spared the life of Jonah by sending the whale? The Result of Turning to God After Disobeying Him The answer was "yes." God changed his mind, because he saw how the people had listened to Jonah and changed their evil ways into lives of love and worshiping God. Jonah, however, who always knew the people of Ninevah were evil, was very disappointed that God let them off the hook. "They were sinning all these years and then, one time, the king makes them fast and you spare their lives!" he protested. "I mean, I always knew you were a gracious God, full of mercy and steadfast love," he continued in his prayer. "That's why I went to Tarshish instead of Ninevah in the first place. But Lord, it just isn't fair! I think you should punish me now, instead of showing me mercy for not listening to you in the first place. Take me now, because I would rather die than live in the disgrace of having disobeyed you. "And I can't believe you didn't kill the people of Ninevah! They have been bad people for so long, and you basically let them get away with it!" Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE94 - "Get Going" God gave Jonah, a reluctant prophet, a commandment to deliver a message to the wicked people of Ninevah. The very mention of the city of Ninevah, which was the capital of Assyria at the time, would have filled people in Jonah's time with terror, because their memories of the city were filled with bitterness and tyranny. In other words, there were some seedy sinners there. They were into all sorts of bad stuff, like killing, stealing, prostitution, gambling, and so on. Therefore, Jonah couldn't quite get up the nerve to go to Ninevah. Instead, he boarded a ship headed in the exact opposite direction, toward the town of Tarshish. When this boat went to sea, the Lord sent a big storm with high winds, which was threatening to break the boat up into a thousand tiny pieces and kill everyone on board, even those sailors who didn't even know why the Lord had sent the storm. Eventually, they figured out that the storm was happening because of Jonah and his disobedience to a commandment of the Lord. "What have you done to us?" they asked him. Jonah told them he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord. The sailors demanded to know what they should do to Jonah so that God would calm the raging sea and spare their lives. Jonah told them they would have to throw him overboard, "for I know it is because of me that this great storm has come upon you." The sailors weren't exactly thrilled that Jonah wanted them to throw him overboard, because in this storm, they knew it would result in his death. They didn't want to be responsible for the death of another man. Therefore, they tried to row the boat back to shore, but the sea was just too violent. In the end, they had no choice but to throw Jonah overboard, which made the storm end. Man Overboard! Fortunately, the Lord provided a large fish (some people think it was a whale), which swallowed Jonah, who remained safe in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. While he was in the belly of the whale, Jonah gave thanks to God: "As my life was fading away, I remembered you, O Lord. My prayer came to you in your holy temple, and with a voice of thanksgiving, I will make sacrifices to you. I will do exactly what I have promised," Jonah cried out. Then the Lord spoke to the fish, which promptly deposited Jonah on dry land. His life was spared, so the Lord talked to him for a second time. This time, Jonah got up and went to Ninevah, as the Lord had asked. A Second Chance to Deliver the Message When Jonah got to Ninevah, he delivered the message from God, a message that eventually made it to the king's palace. When the king heard that the Lord was planning to destroy Ninevah because of their evil and wickedness, he proclaimed that everyone in the city should not eat or drink anything, including water. "Who knows?" the king cried out to his people. "Maybe God will change his mind and spare us, if we show him that we can change our evil ways and love him instead of all these false gods we have been worshiping all this time." The question is: Would God spare the lives of the people, as he had spared the life of Jonah by sending the whale? The Result of Turning to God After Disobeying Him The answer was "yes." God changed his mind, because he saw how the people had listened to Jonah and changed their evil ways into lives of love and worshiping God. Jonah, however, who always knew the people of Ninevah were evil, was very disappointed that God let them off the hook. "They were sinning all these years and then, one time, the king makes them fast and you spare their lives!" he protested. "I mean, I always knew you were a gracious God, full of mercy and steadfast love," he continued in his prayer. "That's why I went to Tarshish instead of Ninevah in the first place. But Lord, it just isn't fair! I think you should punish me now, instead of showing me mercy for not listening to you in the first place. Take me now, because I would rather die than live in the disgrace of having disobeyed you. "And I can't believe you didn't kill the people of Ninevah! They have been bad people for so long, and you basically let them get away with it!" 28:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-182988.mp3 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-182988.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-182988.mp3 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. 2 And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well), 3 and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was, 4 that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, â??Here I am.â?? 5 Then he ran to Eli and said, â??Here I am, for you called me.â?? But he said, â??I did not call, lie down again.â?? So he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, â??Samuel!â?? So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, â??Here I am, for you called me.â?? But he answered, â??I did not call, my son, lie down again.â?? 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. 8 So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, â??Here I am, for you called me.â?? Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. 9 And Eli said to Samuel, â??Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Thy servant is listening.'â?? So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, â??Samuel! Samuel!â?? And Samuel said, â??Speak, for Thy servant is listening.â?? 11 And the LORD said to Samuel, â??Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE93 - "Called for Change" 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. 2 And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well), 3 and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was, 4 that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, â??Here I am.â?? 5 Then he ran to Eli and said, â??Here I am, for you called me.â?? But he said, â??I did not call, lie down again.â?? So he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, â??Samuel!â?? So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, â??Here I am, for you called me.â?? But he answered, â??I did not call, my son, lie down again.â?? 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. 8 So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, â??Here I am, for you called me.â?? Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. 9 And Eli said to Samuel, â??Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Thy servant is listening.'â?? So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, â??Samuel! Samuel!â?? And Samuel said, â??Speak, for Thy servant is listening.â?? 11 And the LORD said to Samuel, â??Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 27:31 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-178108.mp3 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-178108.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-178108.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE92- "Speak New Life" 29:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-180593.mp3 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-180593.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-180593.mp3 Remember Your Baptism -tmp(Rom 6:1-11) Romans 6 illustrates a mind-boggling reality with a simple picture. While dealing with the difficulty of our sinful natures Paul makes us look to something that is known to all believers-the baptism by water. His purpose, though, does not remain in the symbol but stretches into the infinite wisdom and love of God that would bestow on sinners the mercy and love they did not deserve. We can, thankfully, look at this portion to provoke a fire in our own thinking no matter how long we" been in Christ. Some of us may have the vaguest recollection of our baptism while others may still be wet behind the ears from the event. Some of us may have carried out the command without understanding but in sheer obedience to our Lord while some of us entered the baptismal waters with our heads filled with explanatory verses. As believers we all should've we gone through it and it bears remembering. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE91 - "Remember your Baptism" Remember Your Baptism -tmp(Rom 6:1-11) Romans 6 illustrates a mind-boggling reality with a simple picture. While dealing with the difficulty of our sinful natures Paul makes us look to something that is known to all believers-the baptism by water. His purpose, though, does not remain in the symbol but stretches into the infinite wisdom and love of God that would bestow on sinners the mercy and love they did not deserve. We can, thankfully, look at this portion to provoke a fire in our own thinking no matter how long we" been in Christ. Some of us may have the vaguest recollection of our baptism while others may still be wet behind the ears from the event. Some of us may have carried out the command without understanding but in sheer obedience to our Lord while some of us entered the baptismal waters with our heads filled with explanatory verses. As believers we all should've we gone through it and it bears remembering. 04:55 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-177244.mp3 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:04:02 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-177244.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-177244.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE90 -"AH...A New Way" 31:00 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-176278.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-176278.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-176278.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE89 - "Praise God @ All Times" 36:19 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-175103.mp3 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-175103.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-175103.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE88 - "Sharing Jesus" 31:05 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-173200.mp3 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-173200.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-173200.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE87 - "Following Jesus" 32:08 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-170902.mp3 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-170902.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-170902.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE86 - "Preparing 4 Jesus" 31:25 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-168773.mp3 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-168773.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-168773.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE85 - "Waiting for Jesus" 32:54 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-165785.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-165785.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-165785.mp3 Parable of the Last Judgment Matthew 25:31-46 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE84 - "Give Thanks" Parable of the Last Judgment Matthew 25:31-46 25:46 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-165214.mp3 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-165214.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-165214.mp3 "What is the meaning of the Parable of the Talents?" Answer: Matthew, in Chapters 24-25, records the Lordâ??s heart of compassion and love mingled with unwavering holiness. This section of Scripture, including the Parable of the Talents, constitutes final warnings, prophecies, and encouragements to His people Israel prior to His departure. He, who is their Lord, is leaving for an undisclosed period of time. He is delegating to them the responsibility, as stewards, to care for His kingdom. The Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25:14-30, impresses on them the weight of that responsibility and the serious consequences of neglecting to understand and apply His instructions. There is also a message to all mankind. If the talents are talents of gold, the value of what the master entrusted to the stewards would be immensely high, in the millions of dollars. Since the Lord uses only the term "talents" we must make some assumptions, but is seems reasonable to assume that the owner of the talents, the man traveling into a far country, was a wealthy man. He is entrusting his wealth to three men who become stewards of his money. One receives five talents. Another receives two talents. A third steward receives one talent. Each is given a significant amount of money. These are stewards entrusted with the care of the money. The stewards must know the personality and character of their Lord. He expects them to know Him well enough to apply the spirit as well as the letter of His instructions. Those that do are richly rewarded. The others receive severe judgment. The amount given is based on each stewardâ??s ability. The first two understand the spirit and letter of instructions and the character of their Lord. They both use the resources by "trading" to gain a profit. Each of them makes a 100% profit. Fear and mistrust of his Lord motivate the third steward. He buries the money in the earth and returns the original amount. The profitable stewards are praised, given increased responsibilities and invited to enter into the joy of their Lord. The untrusting steward is scolded, rejected, and punished. The application of this parable must be understood within the context of the message of Matthew 24-25. It is first a message to the people of Israel that will live in the last days before the Lord returns. The statement, in Matthew 24:13, "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved" is a key statement. This is the believing remnant that will receive the promise of the kingdom. In Matthew 24:32-34, the Lord stated, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." These will be alive when He returns and will have understood and believed their Lord. The application to the people of Israel is graphic and relevant. Those that believe Him will be rewarded in His kingdom. The basis of the reward will be their stewardship of His resources entrusted to them. Those who fear and do not believe will be rejected and judged. There is also a universal application to all mankind. From the time of the creation of mankind, each individual has been entrusted with resources of time and material wealth. Everything we have comes from God and belongs to Him. We are responsible for using those resources so that they increase in value. As Christians, we have additionally the most valuable resource of all â?? the Word of God. If we believe and understand Him, and apply His Word as good stewards, we are a blessing to others and the value of what we do multiplies. We are accountable to the Lord for the use of His resources. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE83- "Great Returns" "What is the meaning of the Parable of the Talents?" Answer: Matthew, in Chapters 24-25, records the Lordâ??s heart of compassion and love mingled with unwavering holiness. This section of Scripture, including the Parable of the Talents, constitutes final warnings, prophecies, and encouragements to His people Israel prior to His departure. He, who is their Lord, is leaving for an undisclosed period of time. He is delegating to them the responsibility, as stewards, to care for His kingdom. The Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25:14-30, impresses on them the weight of that responsibility and the serious consequences of neglecting to understand and apply His instructions. There is also a message to all mankind. If the talents are talents of gold, the value of what the master entrusted to the stewards would be immensely high, in the millions of dollars. Since the Lord uses only the term "talents" we must make some assumptions, but is seems reasonable to assume that the owner of the talents, the man traveling into a far country, was a wealthy man. He is entrusting his wealth to three men who become stewards of his money. One receives five talents. Another receives two talents. A third steward receives one talent. Each is given a significant amount of money. These are stewards entrusted with the care of the money. The stewards must know the personality and character of their Lord. He expects them to know Him well enough to apply the spirit as well as the letter of His instructions. Those that do are richly rewarded. The others receive severe judgment. The amount given is based on each stewardâ??s ability. The first two understand the spirit and letter of instructions and the character of their Lord. They both use the resources by "trading" to gain a profit. Each of them makes a 100% profit. Fear and mistrust of his Lord motivate the third steward. He buries the money in the earth and returns the original amount. The profitable stewards are praised, given increased responsibilities and invited to enter into the joy of their Lord. The untrusting steward is scolded, rejected, and punished. The application of this parable must be understood within the context of the message of Matthew 24-25. It is first a message to the people of Israel that will live in the last days before the Lord returns. The statement, in Matthew 24:13, "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved" is a key statement. This is the believing remnant that will receive the promise of the kingdom. In Matthew 24:32-34, the Lord stated, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." These will be alive when He returns and will have understood and believed their Lord. The application to the people of Israel is graphic and relevant. Those that believe Him will be rewarded in His kingdom. The basis of the reward will be their stewardship of His resources entrusted to them. Those who fear and do not believe will be rejected and judged. There is also a universal application to all mankind. From the time of the creation of mankind, each individual has been entrusted with resources of time and material wealth. Everything we have comes from God and belongs to Him. We are responsible for using those resources so that they increase in value. As Christians, we have additionally the most valuable resource of all â?? the Word of God. If we believe and understand Him, and apply His Word as good stewards, we are a blessing to others and the value of what we do multiplies. We are accountable to the Lord for the use of His resources. 22:54 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-161782.mp3 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-161782.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-161782.mp3 Matthew 25:1-13 Now the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, "Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him." Then all these virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Now the foolish said to the prudent, "Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out." But the prudent answered saying, "No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves." Now while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. Later the other virgins also came, saying, "Lord, Lord, open up for us." But he answered them and said, "Truly I say to you, I do not know you." Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE82 - " Right Timing" Matthew 25:1-13 Now the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, "Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him." Then all these virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Now the foolish said to the prudent, "Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out." But the prudent answered saying, "No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves." Now while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. Later the other virgins also came, saying, "Lord, Lord, open up for us." But he answered them and said, "Truly I say to you, I do not know you." Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. 30:06 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-161783.mp3 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:00:00 -0500 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-161783.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-161783.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE81 - Embracing Everyday Saints 29:11 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-157301.mp3 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-157301.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-157301.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE80- "Reflections of the Word" 29:02 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-155536.mp3 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-155536.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-155536.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE79 - "Who Do You Worship"-Get it Straight" 26:16 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-155530.mp3 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-155530.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-155530.mp3 To begin, letâ??s take a look at the setting and circumstances where-in the Parable of the Wedding Feast is given: The land is being occupied by the Romans, who had permitted the Jews to keep their religion and way of life. The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Elders were still in authority over the people, but under the direction and answerable to their Roman conquerors. These leaders wished for the Messiah to come and rid them of their Roman oppressors, but they expected a powerful warrior king to save them from Roman oppression, a king who would identify with them, and come from their ruling class. They were not expecting a lowly carpenter, who preached on loving your neighbor, and exemplified that preaching with loving acts and miraculous signs. They did not expect a Teacher who identified with tax collectors, who were considered to be traitors, and who associated with the dregs of society while accusing their ruling class of sin. It is the last week before the crucifixion and death of our Lord. On Sunday, Christ had ridden triumphantly into Jerusalem and, while the people wanted to proclaim Him King, their leaders wanted to get rid of Him, and Christ knew He was going to His death (see Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:29-44, John 12:12-19, Matthew 16:21; 20:17-19). The basic point of the Parable of the Two Sons is that doing is more important than saying, and while the tax collectors and prostitutes were repenting of their sins, the Pharisees were not. In their pride, they thought themselves to be sinless. The Parable of the Tenants speaks to how the prophets of the Old Testament had been treated by the Jewish authorities, who murdered them (see Luke 11:37-54 which addresses both of these truths). Jesus further emphasizes all of this with the telling of the Wedding Banquet Parable, and while this Parable provides a vivid message for the Pharisees drawn from current events and Jewish history, it is also prophetic in nature. In Jewish society, a marriage contract was generally made between the parents of the betrothed. The bride and groom would meet, perhaps for the first time, when this contract was signed by the involved parties. Although considered married at this point, they would then separate. The bride would remain with her parents and the groom would go off to prepare their home. This could take quite a while. When the home was finished and all was ready, the groom would return for his bride without notice. The marriage ceremony would then take place and the wedding banquet would follow. The wedding banquet was one of the most important and joyous occasions in the Jewish life and could last for up to a week. Christ compares Heaven to the wedding banquet that a king had prepared for his son. Certainly a royal wedding would far surpass that of a commoner. The mention of the oxen and fattened cattle having been butchered in vs. 4b indicates it is being prepared and will be fresh, a royal feast where the best of everything is available and plentiful. Indeed Christ first public miracle was at the wedding feast of Cana in supplying an abundance of the best wine (see John 2:1-11). Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE78- "Is the Celebration is Still On?" To begin, letâ??s take a look at the setting and circumstances where-in the Parable of the Wedding Feast is given: The land is being occupied by the Romans, who had permitted the Jews to keep their religion and way of life. The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Elders were still in authority over the people, but under the direction and answerable to their Roman conquerors. These leaders wished for the Messiah to come and rid them of their Roman oppressors, but they expected a powerful warrior king to save them from Roman oppression, a king who would identify with them, and come from their ruling class. They were not expecting a lowly carpenter, who preached on loving your neighbor, and exemplified that preaching with loving acts and miraculous signs. They did not expect a Teacher who identified with tax collectors, who were considered to be traitors, and who associated with the dregs of society while accusing their ruling class of sin. It is the last week before the crucifixion and death of our Lord. On Sunday, Christ had ridden triumphantly into Jerusalem and, while the people wanted to proclaim Him King, their leaders wanted to get rid of Him, and Christ knew He was going to His death (see Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:29-44, John 12:12-19, Matthew 16:21; 20:17-19). The basic point of the Parable of the Two Sons is that doing is more important than saying, and while the tax collectors and prostitutes were repenting of their sins, the Pharisees were not. In their pride, they thought themselves to be sinless. The Parable of the Tenants speaks to how the prophets of the Old Testament had been treated by the Jewish authorities, who murdered them (see Luke 11:37-54 which addresses both of these truths). Jesus further emphasizes all of this with the telling of the Wedding Banquet Parable, and while this Parable provides a vivid message for the Pharisees drawn from current events and Jewish history, it is also prophetic in nature. In Jewish society, a marriage contract was generally made between the parents of the betrothed. The bride and groom would meet, perhaps for the first time, when this contract was signed by the involved parties. Although considered married at this point, they would then separate. The bride would remain with her parents and the groom would go off to prepare their home. This could take quite a while. When the home was finished and all was ready, the groom would return for his bride without notice. The marriage ceremony would then take place and the wedding banquet would follow. The wedding banquet was one of the most important and joyous occasions in the Jewish life and could last for up to a week. Christ compares Heaven to the wedding banquet that a king had prepared for his son. Certainly a royal wedding would far surpass that of a commoner. The mention of the oxen and fattened cattle having been butchered in vs. 4b indicates it is being prepared and will be fresh, a royal feast where the best of everything is available and plentiful. Indeed Christ first public miracle was at the wedding feast of Cana in supplying an abundance of the best wine (see John 2:1-11). 19:10 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-153273.mp3 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-153273.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-153273.mp3 Religion & Spirituality Pastor Jacqui King EPISODE77- "The Cornerstone: Still Standing" 25:27 clean Pastor Jacqui King ,nu faith community,Afro American,United Methodist Church,black sermon,black,Houston TX,UMC,holy spirit, God, Jesus Christ,sermons, payer, woman, black church,lectionary,reflection, http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-149309.mp3 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0400 pastorjai@1stcollegestation.org http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/T